Episode 164: Somewhere in the Middle
The History of English Podcast
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The History of the New World
English had already picked up the word maze from Spanish sources to describe the type of corn that was common in the New World. Most of England's knowledge about the region came from Spanish and Portuguese sources. In episode 154 I introduced you to William Turner who is sometimes called the father of English botany. He composed a three volume work called the New Herbal in the 1550s and 1560s. It provided the first known use of the word sunflower in English.
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