Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey - California Studies in Food and Culture - Gary Paul Nabhan - Books - University of California Press - 9780520267206 - April 7, 2014
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Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey - California Studies in Food and Culture

Gary Paul Nabhan

Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey - California Studies in Food and Culture

Traveling along 4 prominent trade routes - the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real, this book follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering grounds and ancient harbors of the Arabian Peninsula to the port of Zayton on the China Sea to Santa Fe in the southwest United States.


332 pages, 12 color illustrations, 10 b/w photographs, 4 maps

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 7, 2014
ISBN13 9780520267206
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 332
Dimensions 159 × 234 × 26 mm   ·   678 g

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