On This Day April 10

Early 15th century Portuguese explorers discovered bananas in Western Africa and took them to the Canary Islands. The word “banana” is the native word for the fruit in Guinea.  In 1516, Friar Tomas sailed to the Caribbean bringing banana roots with him; and planted bananas there, thus beginning the banana's future in American life. When bananas went on display in fruitier Thomas Johnson's London shop on April 10, 1633, it was the first time the fruit had been seen in Britain.

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