Spices in the Indian Ocean World

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M.N. Pearson

Summary

By turns exotic, valuable and of cardinal importance in the development of world trade, spices, as the editor reminds us, are today a mundane accessory in any well-equiped kitchen; in the 15th-18th centuries, the spice trade from the Indian Ocean to markets all over the world was a major economic enterprise. Setting the scene with extracts from Garcia da Orta's fascinating contemporary Colloquies on the drugs and simples of India [Goa 1563], this collection reviews trade in a wide variety of spices, exploring merchant organisation, transport and marketing as well as detailing the quantitative evidence on the fluctuations in spice trade. The evidence and historical debates concerning the 16th-century revival of the Mediterranean and Red Sea spice trade at this time, are fully represented here

Product details

• Assisted by: M.N. Pearson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.1996
• EAN: 9780860785101
• ISBN: 978-0-86078-510-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Asia / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, Middle East, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Retail and wholesale industries, Distributive industries