. Our country in story . gal has enjoyed. He maysend out his men to waylay and carry you back home. Does it not seem strange that Spain and Portugal andother commercial nations of those days were so eager totrade in spices? We, too, enjoy the spices for the flavorthey give, but they are not such sources of wealth to usas they were to Europeans at the time. The reason isquite simple. In our day meat and other food-stuffs canbe speedily carried from one place to another while stillfresh. In those times this could not be done, and the FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD 63 people either kept their food
. Our country in story . gal has enjoyed. He maysend out his men to waylay and carry you back home. Does it not seem strange that Spain and Portugal andother commercial nations of those days were so eager totrade in spices? We, too, enjoy the spices for the flavorthey give, but they are not such sources of wealth to usas they were to Europeans at the time. The reason isquite simple. In our day meat and other food-stuffs canbe speedily carried from one place to another while stillfresh. In those times this could not be done, and the FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD 63 people either kept their food from spoiling, or made saltedmeats and partly spoiled foods taste better by the use ofspices. They greatly relished savory herbs, fruits, nuts,seeds, rinds, barks, and roots, which they ground intopowder and sifted on their choice dishes. A seat at meal-time near the spice-box was the seat of honor. Some ofthese spices were also thought to possess healing proper-ties and were used as remedies against pains and MAGELLANS FLEET To supply this great demand for spices, cloves, ginger,allspice, nutmeg, pepper, cinnamon, opium, camphor,vanilla, and many other aromatic products, some withnames too hard to remember, were secured from theIndies and sold in the European markets at high truth, the spices of India were more eagerly covetedthan were its silks and gold and precious stones. Magellan set about in good earnest getting ready forhis voyage to the Spice Islands. Five ships were easilysecured. They were named San Antonio, Conception, Vic-toria, Santiago, and Trinidad. The last mentioned wasMagellans flagship. Though much better than Colum- 64 OUR COUNTRY IN STORY buss ships, these vessels were, nevertheless, small, old,and not at all fit for a long voyage. A goodly supply ofprovisions was stored away in the holds of the vessels. The natives of the Moluccas, said Magellan, will notgive their costly spices for money, but they will load uswith them for mere shini
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