Deseret Evening News | 1891-09-02 | Page 3 | The Banana as Historical Proof

TU lUumt UUUrUat Troof, Tlio banana jtop back to tho eurllct i diyt. AlcxAiuUr'a AoUIcr, a 1'IIny tA, Joined tho Mpxuf InJiiMvitM In I IU hadit and luirtuktiiRof th dell- I tcjiu fruit , lb-nee tho nnine 'npleu- i trini itlun tho plant, which IlkcviUe 1 b an tho linme ri Jupiter fair ilauth ' t'r,Mitah NowlthiAtMiuhoniithot the bnunu i U of ilalAjrnnorlrftn. How did It ,et tu India mid to South Amer I haiuidMcxloof Thofeetof blrdibao I borne teed k full 10,000 mil pa, while tlie coeonnnt llonted wdl nlh the worl 1 around la tho gnat ocean cur nuts. Hut tho b.inan.i hoi noeel nor Im It a caking Uko tho globulanccoanut to Cent Itnrumidoer thowatert, Tlun IttuiHt liatfbeii earrletl byinnn. It ltaltmtuVant thnt tho Aztec hid trudb ttomof Uiti by people from ner the m, Mhllu therti a to confirm It an Almhttiroof tlinretlKlonof the Itrnli Join In their own theology. Would you tliluk that tho deaplxvt banana votild actunlly itepfomonl toproo tlmtbcfuru Columbus wai or Lief IMc son cnn hotl nn etUtence, Aome wart hy denlrens of the Old World had 1 ruinated ncroii the wntersl Oold thwjito't GeoTflphlcal ilagailnc.