This, That & the Other

Justin Coe talks to Spanish writer Miquel Silvestre, who is traveling around the world on a motorcycle and writing about his experiences. Silvestre is interested in following the routes of lesser-known Spanish explorers, such as Pedro Páez Jaramillo, a Jesuit missionary and explorer and the first European to reach the source of the Blue Nile, in 1618. Another Spanish missionary and explorer Silvestre mentions is St. Francis Xavier, who lived from 1506 to 1552. Miquel Silvestre maintains two partially bilingual websites with colorful photos from, and descriptions of, his travels: www.miquelsilvestre.com and www.unmillondepiedras.com (08/02/12).