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Spices: The Story Of Indonesia's Spice Trade (images Of Asia) by Greg Lockhart; Monique Lockhart; Tam Lang; Trọng Phụng Vũ; Nguyên Hò̂ng is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Spices: The Story Of Indonesia's Spice Trade (images Of Asia) about?

Stories Of The Spice Trade Of The East Indies Have Long Held The Imagination. Cloves, Nutmeg, Pepper, And Cinnamon - Indigenous To Only 15 Of The 13,000 Islands Forming The Indonesian Archipelago - Were To Bring To The Indies A Trade That Existed For Over 2,000 Years, And Were To Change The Course Of History As Nations Battled For Control Of These Precious Commodities For Use As Preservatives, Flavourings, Fumigants, Medicines, And Perfumes. Carried By Outrigger Canoes To The East African Coast And By Camels Along The Silk Road From China In The First And Second Centuries Bc, Spices Led To The Rise Of The Powerful Maritime Kingdoms Of Srivijaya And Majapahit In The Archipelago And, In The Sixteenth Century Onwards, To The Establishment Of Trading Monopolies And Colonial Empires As First The Portuguese, Followed By The Spanish, Dutch, And English, Broke Into The Lucrative Spice Trade.--book Jacket. 1. Spices In Antiquity -- 2. Sources Of Spice -- 3. Early Trade Routes -- 4. Spices Of Trade -- 5. The Portuguese In The Indies -- 6. The Dutch And The British In The Indies -- 7. Spices In Culture. Joanna Hall Brierley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 72-74) And Index.

Who reads Spices: The Story Of Indonesia's Spice Trade (images Of Asia)?

Author

Greg Lockhart; Monique Lockhart; Tam Lang; Trọng Phụng Vũ; Nguyên Hò̂ng

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9789676530936

Category

history

Subjects

Business, Cooking, Management

Updated

2026-03-24