My project is about how the demand for spices
in medieval Europe really pushed the age of
exploration in Europe and resulted in increased
knowledge of world Geography.
I started out with my primary source which
is actually a cookbook from the 15th century
because I love to cook and I’ve always been
really interested in historical recipes.
It’s important because it’s a factor of
the age of discovery that hasn’t really
been explored that much.
It provided financial incentive for more direct
trade routes, so it pushed exploration, and
it seems to be sort of ignored.
