This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Story of Coffee Through Time and World Trade
The piece traces coffee from Ethiopia to Arabia Europe and the Americas, noting 80 species with few commercial varieties and coffeehouses in 17th century London. It covers Mecca bans, Selim I’s endorsement, Egypt’s prominence, regional cultivation from Brazil to Africa and Asia, and the bean’s processing from drying to wet hulling. It highlights coffee’s global map and rail networks tied to São Paulo and Santos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
United States
Near East
Gambler
Ethiopia
Red Sea
Arabia
Europe
West Indies
Brazil
Egypt
Ethiopian
Charles II
London
Aden
Cairo
Mecca
Selim I
Mexico
Central America
South America
Ecuador
Bolivia
Peru
Pacific
Columbia
Guianas
Atlantic
Jamaica
Haiti
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Santos
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Belgian Congo
Angola
Mozambique
Kenya
Madagascar
Arabian Peninsula
India
Ceylon
Asia
Java
New Guinea
Australia
Queensland