The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade by Nugent, Nicholas
The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade by Nugent, Nicholas

The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade

A first-class narrative writer blends his unique cartographic and topographic understanding of the key ports of early...
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Author: Nicholas Nugent
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The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade by Nugent, Nicholas

The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade

CHF 67.51
The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade by Nugent, Nicholas

The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade

CHF 67.51
Author: Nicholas Nugent
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A first-class narrative writer blends his unique cartographic and topographic understanding of the key ports of early seaborne commerce.

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 innovations--improvements in ship design, compasses, and mapping--enabled navigation across unprecedented distances. The mariners' embarkation points were the vibrant ports of the West--Venice, Amsterdam, Lisbon--and their destinations the exotic ports of the East--Malacca, Goa, Bombay--where they tracked down the elusive spices, so much in demand by Western palates.

This development of maritime communication brought benefits apart from culinary delights: the spread of ideas on art, literature, and science. But it was not necessarily beneficial for everyone concerned: colonial ambitions were often disastrous for local populations, who were frequently exploited as slave plantation labor.

This wide-ranging account of a fascinating period of global history uses original maps and contemporary artists' views to tell the story of how each port developed individually while also encouraging us to consider contrasting points of view of the benefits and the damages of the maritime spice trade.

Author: Nicholas Nugent
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 10/04/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781684582440

About the Author
Nicholas Nugent spent his career as a journalist with the BBC World Service and his spare time collecting a valuable archive of original maps, thus developing a passion for how the growth of the spice ports helped spread the exchange of global culture between East and West.

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