Travel
Travel was a perilous undertaking for early modern Europeans. Leaving aside shipwreck or brigands, nostalgia alone could make you ill. Writers insisted that even corpses were happiest when buried in their natal soil. The era’s increase in long-distance travel took place against this backdrop. I’ve written about how Europeans negotiated the challenges of leaving home, and explained food’s role in keeping the travelling body in good health.
Thomas Neale, A Treatise of Direction, How to Travell Safely and Profitably into Forraigne Countries (London, 1643).
Books
Body of the Conquistador (2020)
All Relevant Publications
| Year | Category | Publication Type | Title | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Journalism and Interviews | Interview | "How the humble potato has travelled the world and shaped history" | SCAS Talks Podcast | |
| 2017 | Scholarship | Book Chapter | Climate, Travel and Colonialism in the Early Modern World in Governing the Environment in the Early Modern World | Routledge | Link |
| 2014 | Scholarship | Book Chapter | Diet, Travel and Colonialism in the Early Modern World in Global Goods and the Spanish Empire, 1492-1824 | Palgrave Macmillan | Link |
| 2014 | Journalism and Interviews | Article | My Favourite Historical Places | BBC History Magazine, History Extra | Link |
| 2012 | Scholarship | Book | The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America | Cambridge University Press | Link |
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