Fall Asleep as a Spice Merchant Crossing the Indian Ocean in the Age of Sail

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Tonight, you step aboard a wooden merchant vessel and follow the ancient spice routes across the Indian Ocean.

Travel between the bustling ports of Arabia, the Swahili Coast, India, and Southeast Asia as monsoon winds carry you across thousands of miles of open water. Along the way, you will wander through crowded markets filled with pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, incense, and coffee, bargain with merchants from distant lands, and discover the enormous network of people required to bring...