This document focuses
on the need to make important adjustments in order to ensure
survival
during these contacts. It stresses the importance of selecting a competent “dragoman” and remaining aware
of what items along the way are scarce (flour, salt fish) and what items are
plentiful (meat). The point of view is from a European urging other Europeans to adjust to
foreign cultures rather than attempting to “enlighten” them.
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