COCONUT TIME LINE
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The "Modern"
period (from 1968 to today) covers the time that the Coconut Time
Line editor has been involved with the coconut palm but, more
significantly, coincides with the decline of coconut oil from its
position as premier vegetable oil in international trade. Current
internet sites relating to coconut
The
"Agricultural"
period (1926 to 1967) covers the time when all the straightforward
The
"Mercantile"
period (1840 to 1925) spans the time when small trading schooners
could collect copra or coconuts from the remotest Pacific island for
onward shipment to Europe and North America to provide industrial raw
materials, until over-production
The "Nautical"
period (1499 to 1839) is named for the period when Europeans first
recognised the coconut's importance to
wooden sailing ships, from providing uncontaminated drinking water to
caulking leaks, until the 19th century iron steamships that didn't
need caulking and could distil their own
fresh water.
The "Ancient"
period (before 1498) is a catch-all for the mostly unrecorded but
highly significant and very long time that it took for coconut to
evolve (originating in Gondwana), disseminate by floating (in the
Tethys Sea), become domesticated (in an area of Southeast Asia now
submerged) and then provision the earliest maritime emigrations (into
the Pacific and Indian Oceans).
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