The Spice Route by John Keay The Folio Society 2005 New w/Slipcase The Spice Route is one of history’s greatest anomalies: shrouded in mystery, it existed long before anyone knew of its extent or configuration. Spices came from lands unseen, possibly uninhabitable, and almost by definition unattainable; that was what made them so desirable. Yet more livelihoods depended on this pungent traffic, more nations participated in it, more wars were fought for it, and more discoveries resulted from it than from any other global exchange...#TheSpiceRoute#johnkeay#Thefoliosociety#collectiblebooks#bookstore