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outes of trade, and to explore commodities (spices, silver, and gold) as well as peoples.
They divided the world in two, from North to South (Treaty of Tordesillas). 10
The two countries are mentioned, at the beginning of the book, in “As a boy on
the coast”. Eámon leaves Ireland, and travels to countries and arrives in Portugal where he
takes the ship of his journey:
He dropped the reins, travelled to France,
to Spain and to Portugal
where he took to the sea on this ship. (14-16)
The 10 th poem, “Giuseppi from Palermo knew”, is well characterized by some
elements of magical realism. On the one hand, it has these historical references associated
to travel writing: “Babylonians (2)/ Kingdom of Cathay (7)/ English cotton or Flemish
grain (20)”. On the other hand, the character Giuseppi, a member of the crew, has these
fantastic powers such as “algebraic incantations/ that could paralyze the eye” (3-4) and “the
prayer for safe anchorage [...]”(21).
10 .M. Roberts. History of the World (495).
It is also based on the Internet article: The Age of Discovery – How Portugal started globalization.
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