Friday, December 17, 2010

The Cigar Map - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

 Is it natural that he should stand for five or ten minutes, as Dr. Mortimer, with more practical sense than I should have given him credit for, deduced from the cigar ash?"


In the side note of our book it has a chart of ash: The different types of tobacco can be chemically analyzed from their ashes.  Some points of difference:  


Map of where cigars come from.
The Cigar Map


Wikipedia article:

Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article:






A semi-airtight cigar storage tube and a double guillotine-style cutter
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazilmarker, Cameroonmarker, Cubamarker,Dominican Republicmarker, Hondurasmarker,Indonesiamarker, Mexicomarker, Nicaraguamarker, Philippinesmarker, and the Eastern United Statesmarker.





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