The travel of words by trade routes (2019) - Maps Milhaud

This map, made by Hasaim Hussein in 2019 for Lapham’s Quarterly magazine, shows how some words traveled and transformed through the trade routes. The different colors show six important words in international trade throughout history: Tomato (red): The original name of the Nahuatl, arrived in Europe through the Spaniards in the 16th century with that name, although the Italians chose to call it pomodoro (golden apple), the name with which this p…