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Strawberries
Its origin:
Its red color, delicate flavor and aromatic fragrance have made a gastronomic
icon. Strawberries have the most glamorous time during the Wimbledon
tennis tournament, where you served with cream has become a classic, but
also look great swimming in a good pitcher of Burgundy.
However, the most interesting fact is associated with its curious origin
strawberries because they never existed in nature. Indeed, we all know
commercial strawberry Fragaria x ananassa called (something like strawberry
pineapple) and x in their name denotes that it is a hybrid between two
different species of strawberry: the Fragaria virginiana and laFragaria
chiloensis. The story surrounding the origin of F. ananassa is fascinating and
fortunately is well documented.
Spy King
On January 7, 1712, Lieutenant Colonel François Amédée Frézier -Ingeniero
30 years sailed to Chile aboard the St. Joseph, a merchant ship equipped with
French weapons. Frézier was sent as a spy for King Louis XIV with an
important mission to make more accurate maps of ports and Spanish
fortifications had on the coast of Chile and Peru. After a journey of 160 days,
which included the passage through the dangerous Cape Horn, Frézier
arrived at the port of Concepción on June 16, 1712.
Fézier, who had shown his talent to serve the French crown above, used as a
basis for Concepción along the coast of Chile and Peru, making accurate
maps of ports and noting the possible escape routes, defenses available and
administrative organization of the places he visited. In fact, the first map of
Santiago made with technical standards was prepared by Frézier.