唐韧在8月12日的《文汇报》上撰文介绍说,13世纪末,威尼斯人马可·波罗游历东方归来,曾向人口述他二十年漫游的经历,提到“印度后面的一个岛”盛产香料。那正是现在印度尼西亚的班达岛。他的话启发葡萄牙、西班牙的航海家,他们为此扬帆远航。西班牙航海者到达班达岛时,船长遇难不说,三艘船也只剩两艘,后来因为香料装得太多又沉掉一艘,但最后—艘船从西班牙一直向西行驶,又回到西班牙的经历,却终于首次证明了地球是圆的。一种调味香料 In an article published in the Wen Wei Po on August 12, Tang Ren wrote that at the end of the thirteenth century, the Venetian Marco Polo traveled to the East and told the population about his 20-year roaming experience. He referred to “an island behind India ”Rich in spices. That is now Banda in Indonesia. His words inspire Portugal, Spain’s navigator, they sail for this. When the Spanish voyagers arrived on the island of Bandar, the captain was killed, leaving only two of the three ships, then one more due to the spice loading, but in the end - the ship was traveling westward from Spain and back To Spain’s experience, but for the first time finally proved that the earth is round. A seasoning spice