The Biography of Spices

by Ellen Rodger

Book Overview

Empires were made from the growth and sale of spices and the age of discovery was launched in pursuit of them. Exciting text and historic images explain to children how spices were used to cure the sick, flavor foods, and make perfume. Other topics include - What is a commodity? - What is a spice? - where spices originated and where they are grown today - how different spices are harvested, manufactured, and processed - the historical and modern spice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778725200
• ISBN13: 9780778725206
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.3" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6