Tag archive for ‘history’

Bananas and WWI

After WWI 100 000 tons of bananas were unloaded at the Hamburg port.

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Eat bananas!

From the times where bananas were still exotic is this old piece.

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Banana – The Fruit of the White Man

The scientific name of the banana is Fruit Of The White Man.

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Cavendish makes the banana a royal

The Duke of Cavendish was name giver of today's most spread banana.

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Cool bananas

Bananas could only be transported after the invention of boats with cooling machines.

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There’s No Banana In Dole

Dole, located in the French department Jura, used to be a university city, but had never anything to do with the banana producer, bananas generally or any other fruit for that matter.

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Banana on tour

The banana came from Asia over Egypt to the African continent, from where it arrived in Europe.

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