Spices market

Spice Trade 2.2

By Blaine Coston
  • 1510

    1510

    1510
    In 1510 the Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, Making it their major military and communication base.
  • 1511

    1511

    1511
    The city of the Muslims were massacred.
  • 1512

    1512

    1512
    Netherlands was part of the Holy Roman Empire but Protestant and Northern provinces wanted independence.
  • 1515

    1515

    1515
    The Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outputs.
  • 1521

    1521

    1521
    Magellan had claimed the archipelago for Spain.,
  • 1526

    1526

    1526
    The Mugual Empire stated and for 200 years it was peaceful and strong. In this year King Alfonso writes a complaint letter to King John lll
  • 1535

    1535

    1535
    Portuguese built a trading empire in southeast Asia.
  • 1575

    1575

    1575
    Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.

  • 1599

    1599
    The Dutch returned with ships from Asia leading to increase to oversea trade.

  • 1602

    1602
    A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company,

  • 1750

    1750
    England is growing in power and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the east. They were stuck in a struggle for power.

  • 1775

    1775
    Britain used its great wealth to dominate much of India.

  • 1900

    1900
    The Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.