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* India | * India | ||
** pepper | ** pepper | ||
*** see [pepper] for more | *** see [[pepper]] for more | ||
** sugar | ** sugar | ||
** cotton | ** cotton | ||
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** highly valuable | ** highly valuable | ||
** standard value across regions (portable) | ** standard value across regions (portable) | ||
* See also [Money] << to do | * See also [[Money]] << to do | ||
== Price of Spices in Europe == | == Price of Spices in Europe == | ||
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** the Portuguese King Manuel I was known as the "Grocer King" | ** the Portuguese King Manuel I was known as the "Grocer King" | ||
*** "grocer" etymology: | *** "grocer" etymology: | ||
**** c. 15th century | **** c. 15th century derived from "gross" or bulk | ||
*** >> to find Manuel letter to | *** >> to find Manuel letter to European kings bragging about the discovery | ||
Sources: [https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/grocery-store-word-origin#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20grocery%20begins,having%20the%20same%20meaning%2C%20groser Marriam-Webster]. | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_discovery_of_the_sea_route_to_India Portuguese Discovery of the Sea Route to India (wikipedia)] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_da_%C3%8Dndia Casa de India (Portuguese state corporation for spice trade (wikipedia)] | |||
* Sources: | * Sources: | ||
** [https://dynamicdoingness.com/the-spice-trade/ The Spice Trade] | ** [https://dynamicdoingness.com/the-spice-trade/ The Spice Trade] | ||
** [https://asia.nikkei.com/NAR/Articles/A-history-lesson-in-trade-from-the-Spice-Islands A history lesson in trade from the Spice Islands] | ** [https://asia.nikkei.com/NAR/Articles/A-history-lesson-in-trade-from-the-Spice-Islands A history lesson in trade from the Spice Islands] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:22, 13 January 2021
Spice Trade
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Spice Origins[edit | edit source]
- Arabian peninsula
- myrrh and frankincense
- oils derived for medicinal and aromatic purposes that were highly valued
- sugar << get dates when was
- myrrh and frankincense
- China
- silk
- black tea
- India
- pepper
- see pepper for more
- sugar
- cotton
- pepper
- Spice Islands
- ginger, pepper, cloves, saffron, cinnamon, cardomom
- nutmeg
- see Nutmeg
- Banda islands were the sole sources of nutmeg
- nutmeg is traditionally used in Europe as a spice for vegetables, eggnog, mulled cider and in meat stews
- In India and Indonesia nutmeg is traditionally used in soups and deserts
Trade Commodities[edit | edit source]
- Gems
- highly valuable
- standard value across regions (portable)
- See also Money << to do
Price of Spices in Europe[edit | edit source]
- 15th century (1400s)
- pepper sold in Venice (to northern European markets) at 27 times or 2700% of cost in India
- nutmeg sold in London or Paris at 600 times, or 6,000% the original cost in the Banda Islands, one of the spice island groups
- The Portuguese broke into the Indian market by circumnavigating Africa and sailing to India
- the Portuguese secured trade concessions in Calika << to confirm sp
- they then forcibly seized control of trade with Malaka (in modern Malaysia) a major spice-trade center
- this allowed them to by-pass Indian markets and purchase spices at their origins at much lower prices
- the Portuguese and Indian relationship was both trade- and war-based
- < to source
- the Italian monopoly on the pepper market collapsed from Portuguese competition
- by 1588 profits from pepper trade accounted for half of Portuguese government revenue
- the Portuguese and Indian relationship was both trade- and war-based
- the Portuguese King Manuel I was known as the "Grocer King"
- "grocer" etymology:
- c. 15th century derived from "gross" or bulk
- >> to find Manuel letter to European kings bragging about the discovery
- "grocer" etymology:
Sources: Marriam-Webster.
- Sources: