Spice: The 16Th-Century Contest That Shaped Modern World Roger Crowley Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General Issues

The Story Of Sixteenth-Century’s Epic Contest For Spice Trade Which Propelled European Maritime Exploration And Conquest Across Asia Pacific Spices Drove Early Modern World Economy Europeans They Represented Riches On An Unprecedented Scale Cloves Nutmeg Could Reach Europe Only Via A Complex Web Routes Decades Spanish Portuguese Explorers Competed To Find Their Elusive Source But When Finally Reached Islands Moluccas In 1511 Set Motion Fierce Competition Control Roger Crowley Shows How This Struggle Shaped From 1571 Powers Linked Up Oceans Established Vast Empires Gave Birth Global All Attempt Supply Taking Us Voyages Dockyards Seville Vastness Volcanic Indonesia Arctic Circle Coasts China Is Narrative History Rich Vivid Eyewitness Accounts Adventures Shipwrecks Sieges That Formed First Colonial Encounters—And Remade Centuries Follow Σελίδες: 320 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0702 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm