Spice and the Devil's Cave

{{Short description|1930 book by Agnes Hewes}}

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Spice and the Devil's Cave is a book by Agnes Hewes that was published in 1930 by Knopf, with illustrations by Lynd Ward.{{Cite journal |last=M. |first=J. |date=1930 |title=Review of Spice and the Devil's Cave |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41381377 |journal=The Elementary English Review |volume=7 |issue=7 |pages=182–182 |issn=0888-1030 |jstor=41381377}} This piece of historical fiction received a Newbery Honor award.{{Cite web |title=Spice and the Devil's Cave {{!}} ALA |url=https://www.ala.org/winner/spice-and-devils-cave |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=American Library Association |language=en}}

The setting is Lisbon, Portugal in the late 1490s, as Vasco de Gama, Bartholomew Diaz, and Ferdinand Magellan discuss their plans to find the elusive sea route around the Cape of Good Hope, which would enable Portugal to access the spice-rich countries of the Far East.