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The spice ports : mapping the origins of global sea trade /

"We may think of 'globalism' as a recent development but its origins date back to the fifteenth century and beyond, when seafarers pioneered routes across the oceans with the objectives of exploration, trade, and profit. These voyages only became possible after certain technical innov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nugent, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Spice trade > History.
Spice trade > Maps.
Trade routes > History.
Trade routes > Maps.
Shipping > History.
Shipping > Maps.
International trade > History.
International trade > Maps.
Harbors > History.
Harbors > Maps.
Épices > Commerce > Histoire.
Commerce international > Histoire.
Routes commerciales > Histoire.
Ports > Histoire.
Harbors > Economic aspects
Maps.
Cartes géographiques.
Table of Contents:
  • The merchants of Venice
  • Alexandria, gateway to the East
  • Goa and the Malabar Coast
  • Lisbon, queen of the sea
  • Malacca and the Malay world
  • Amsterdam and the birth of the Netherlands
  • Batavia and the Spice Islands
  • Cape Town, Mauritius and other taverns of the seas
  • Bombay, gateway of India
  • London, warehouse of the world
  • New York, Salem and the Manhattan Transfer
  • Singapore, lion city.