The world of salt

This book will deal with the most precious thing in the world, as Andersen called it, salt.

Throughout history it has been the cause of wars and burdened with a much-hated tax. This is why it was smuggled for centuries, along difficult paths that have gone down in history as the ‘salt routes’.

A journey through salt pans and rock salt mines, with wonderful landscapes, curiosities, proverbs and superstitious rituals involving salt.