Thursday, 14 August 2025

Famagusta Waterfront

Rogue Sword, CHAPTER XVI

At the crossroads of three continents:

Smells
paint
tar
sandalwood
cinnamon
spikenard
pepper
ginger
baled silks
barreled wines
barreled dyes
sour smell of slaves drowning spices

Ships
galleys
cogs
dromonds
dhows
feluccas

Men
Iberians
Italians
Frenchmen
Germans
Flemings
Englishmen
Moors
Armenians
Syrians
Turks
Tartars
Indians
a Cypriote labourer
a Frankish baron
slaves

Another Andersonian list-description.

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