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Author Topic: Medieval corn? Otto von Teich Member Member # 129 posted 06-15-2003 10:45 AM                   I know corn as we know it is new world.But I could swear I've read of medieval accounts of corn fields. Was the new world corn named after an old world grain? Kind of like the way they named the Panther of south america after a beastie of myth? Thanks, Otto Registered: Mar 2001  |  IP: Logged Gwen Member Member # 126 posted 06-15-2003 11:09 AM                   "Corn" is a generic term used in Europe for grain crops. "Maize" is the European term for what Americans call "corn" (Sweet corn, Z. rugosa). Gwen Registered: Feb 2001  |  IP: Logged Otto von Teich Member Member # 129 posted 06-15-2003 07:09 PM                   Thanks Gwen! I had a feeling there was a rational explanation.....Otto Registered: Mar 2001  |  IP: Logged gregory23b Member Member # 642 posted 05-30-2005 08:00 AM                   yep, corn is wheat in europe, maize is corn we know of now. Then read Gavin Menzies 1421, very interesting reading, especially as maize was somehow around in the phillipines IIRC from the book. And asiatic chickens in South America, before the conquistadors or any european involvement, Well worth a read. -------------------- history is in the hands of the marketing department - beware! Registered: Aug 2004  |  IP: Logged

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