How Did This 500+ year old Letter SURVIVE??? #rarebooks #silkroad #booktok #bookstore

you know how you sometimes toss old letters well look at this remarkable Survivor it's a letter from 1497 from Tripoli to Aleppo written by a Venetian Merchant doing some trading can you imagine how difficult it was to send a letter in 1497 and successfully get it to its destination Tripoli in Lebanon and Aleppo in Syria were important cities on the Silk Road network of trade routes that connected the East and West facilitating not only the exchange of goods such as silk and spices but also culture

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Published: Wed Mar 27 2024