Spices in the Indian Ocean World (Hardcover, New Ed)

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 trade. The evidence and historical debates concerning the 16th-century revival of the Mediterranean and Red Sea spice trade at this time, are fully represented here

General

Imprint:	Variorum
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	1996
Editors:	M. N Pearson
Dimensions:	244 x 169mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-86078-510-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Distributive industries > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-86078-510-6
Barcode:	9780860785101

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