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Spice Trade

By Rylee Maxwell
  • 1500

    Most of 1500's

    Most of 1500's
    Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia.
  • 1510

    1510

    1510
    The Portuguese seized the island of Goa to make a military/commercial base.
  • 1510

    1510-1560

    1510-1560
    Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts
  • 1510

    1510-1560

    1510-1560
    Portuguese built trading empire in South East Asia
  • 1511

    1511

    1511
    Portuguese takes island of Malacca and Albuquerque
  • 1521

    1521

    1521
    Magellan had claimed the archipelo (the Phillipines) for spain.
  • 1525

    1525

    1525
    It was part of the holy roman empire, later protestant Northern provinces want Independance.
  • 1526

    1526

    1526
    Mughal Empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King affonso writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal.

  • 1599

    1599
    Dutch return with ships from Asia leading to an overseas trade.

  • 1602

    1602
    A group of wealthy dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India company.

  • 1610

    1610
    Spain had conquered and colonized the phillipines islands.

  • 1641

    1641
    The Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with china.

  • 1760

    1760
    The British and the French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power.

  • 1780

    1780
    Britain used its great wealth to dominate much of Indonesia.

  • 1790

    1790
    The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the dutch trading empire in the East.

  • 1900

    1900
    The Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.