Coryat's Crudities: Hastily gobled up in Five Moneth's Travels was a 1611 travel and gastronomic book published by Thomas Coryat of Odcombe, an English traveller and mild eccentric. Based on a long foot journey through European countries he took in 1608, it is credited with beginning the craze of the Grand Tour, and introducing the use of the fork to England. Events June 23 - Henry Hudsons crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeares romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time. ... Gastronomy is the study of the relation between culture and food. ... Thomas Coryat (also Coryate) (c. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... In popular usage, eccentricity refers to unusual or odd behavior on the part of a person, as opposed to being normal. ... World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ... In the 18th century, the Grand Tour was a kind of education for wealthy British noblemen. ... Jump to: navigation, search A fork on a saucer A fork is an implement with a handle on one end and tines on the other; it is used for pricking, to hold or transfer objects, predominantly food in cooking and eating. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK...

Coryat undertook the 1,975-mile (3,175 km) walk to Venice and to write the subsequent account in order to impress the court of the Henry, Prince of Wales, where he was regarded as a buffoon and jester, rather than the wit and intellectual he considered himself. His original manuscript, which was an artistic and economic treatise on France and northern Europe, (peppered with personal anecdotes displaying what Coryat thought of as his piety and resourcefulness), was changed by a panel of wits and poets on the behest of the teenage prince, however, into an almost unrecognizable work in which the role of the hero was turned to that of a fool. The panel (which included John Donne and Ben Jonson), took especial liberties with the personal anecdotes, finding his self-importance a ripe source of humor. Jump to: navigation, search Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... For other people known as Henry, Prince of Wales see Henry, Prince of Wales (disambiguation) Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales ( February 19, 1594 - November 6, 1612) was the eldest son of King James VI of Scotland/ James I of England and Anne of Denmark. ... World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Donne John Donne (pronounced Dun; 1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean metaphysical poet. ... Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ...

Upset by this, Coryat set himself the more ambitous task of documenting his walk to India, and after leaving in 1613, arrived in the northern city of Ajmer, ten months and 3,300 miles (5310km) later. He died shortly afterwards, however, before he could start work on the account of his journey. Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ajmer, or Ajmere, is a city in Indias Rajasthan state. ...

Despite the ridicule (to an extent, some of it invited) he endured in his own lifetime, the model he set in Coryat's Crudities (for a self-improving journey to view the arts and culture of Europe) had a real and profound influence on subsequent British history, encouraging an openness to Continental ideas over the next two centuries to a frequently isolated Britain.