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Spices in the Indian Ocean World
M. N. . Ed(S): Pearson
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Description for Spices in the Indian Ocean World
paperback. Editor(s): Pearson, M. N. Series: An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBLH; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 739.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138274075
SKU
V9781138274075
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Reviews for Spices in the Indian Ocean World
'European and Non-European Societies and Christianity and Missions along with the other volumes in An Expanding World should become a standard collection for any academic library. The invaluable bibliography, the variety of themes, and the historical problems will engage students of all levels, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral, in many aspects of early modern and world history for years to come.' ... Read more