Certainly rats did...
Also an illustration of the fact that in 1350, things moved fastest by water.https://twitter.com/DigitalMapsAW/status/1363823374456266757 …
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This excellent blog on Bread in medieval times digs into how the sea was the only economically viable trading route back then:https://acoup.blog/2020/08/21/collections-bread-how-did-they-make-it-part-iv-markets-and-non-farmers/ …
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"The fundamental problem [...] on land is that the energy to transport the food must come from food. But at sea, that energy can come from the wind. So while the crew of a ship eats the food, the ship can be scaled up without scaling up the food requirements of the crew"
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We can also see the trade routes here too: So, Valencia is connected to South of France via Mallorca - and Valencia acted as the port of Madrid. Equally, southern England connected to Bordeaux - I suspect the transport of wine? Rhine river - another unified trade route...
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I like the “No Data” zone ... so many questions
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From the roman times until 18th century, when road construction ramped up in Europe, the average speed on longer distances was around walking speed (even if you went by horse). Horse-drawn boats in canals went faster than that!
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Very interesting to see 'Weymouth' marked on that map. Coincidence?
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That was true until the mid-late 1800’s.
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...except across the central asian steppes, where things moved fastest by horse
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