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Tobacco jar in the Trophy series, Real Fabrica de Alcora, Castellon, Spain, second period, 1764-1775 AD, ceramic (From Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid, Spain)
The first documented case of European tobacco initiation came in 1518 during Juan de Grijalva’s expedition of the Yucatán Peninsula (Norton, 48). As such, tobacco was initially viewed as a brokering tool, not as a commodity. Yet, it gradually grew in…