John Gerard refers to potatoes in his Herball, or a Generall Historie of Plantes (1597) as "The Potatoes of Virginia". This was the first English description of the potato, and the first illustration published of the plant.
Potatoes were first introduced to Britain in the late 16th Century by the famous Royal Naval commander and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, following a visit to South America. He found the tribespeople of Chile and Peru ate a root vegetable that they called 'batata', and upon sampling one himself, found that they were good food.
He returned to England with a shipment of potato vegetables, plants and seeds, but although they were received favourably in the court of Queen Elizabeth 1st, many ordinary English people did not like them, and some even thought that they were poisonous!!
The potato was only slowly introduced as a mainstay vegetable crop in Britain and Europe- many folk were reluctant to accept the foreign novelty, and even after this resistance was overcome, they were looked down upon by wealthier classes as the food of the poor, which it would never do for a lady or gentleman to be seen dining upon. It was not until the mid-19th Century that they became generally embraced by British society as a whole.
Sir Walter Raleigh is sometimes credited with the introduction of the potato around 1588, after which it became a staple food in Ireland within the next century. However, since the Spaniards discovered the potato in South America, he would have gotten it from them, and perhaps the Spanish Armada ships that wrecked in Ireland (that same year) were carrying potatoes.
Sir Walter Raleigh introduced Potatoes and Tobacco to England in the 16th Century on return from the Americas.
Traditionally this is attributed to Sir Walter Raliegh
Francis Drake introduced potatoes into England in 1580
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Sir Walter Raleigh brought the potato back to England alongside Tobacco.
The Normans brought French culture to England.
A potato chip is called a CRISP in Britain. As in: a packet of crisps with your Guinness A french fry is called a CHIP as in: Fish and chips
The Romans brought multi benefits to Britain, some of them are, roads, permanent buildings, protection, better nutrition, well ordered cities and towns, universal law. In other words, Rome brought western civilization to Britain.
The Romans brought multi benefits to Britain, some of them are, roads, permanent buildings, protection, better nutrition, well ordered cities and towns, universal law. In other words, Rome brought western civilization to Britain.
It was brought to Britain by merchants centuries before Walter Raleigh. It is not recorded who the first was.
It was brought to Britain first, and from Britain it came to Ireland, most likely by Walter Raleigh.
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The horrible disease, plague, was brought in Britain.
Sir Walter Raleigh brought the potato back to England alongside Tobacco.
The Romans brought sugar to Britain. Before the Romans, people in Britain used honey, and other sweet foods as sweeteners.
Chess was introduced into Britain in 1066.
Introduced into Britain by Sir Frances Drake in 1580
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who was the person who brought new spinning technologies from Britain to the united states
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