Spice Trade

By Lanie Garrett
  • Period: 1500 to

    Most of 1500s

    Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia.
  • Period: 1500 to 1550

    Early 1500s

    The Netherlands was part of the holy roman empire, later protestant northern provinces won independence.
  • 1510

    1510

    1510
    The Portuguese seized the island of GOA to make it their military and commercial base.
  • Period: 1510 to 1560

    In less than 50 years....

    The Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts.
  • Period: 1510 to 1560

    1510 - 1560

    Portuguese built trading empire in south east Asia.
  • 1511

    1511

    1511
    Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque.
  • 1521

    1521

    1521
    Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain.
  • 1526

    1526

    1526
    Mughal empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso l writes a complaint letter to king John lll of Portugal.
  • 1570

    Within 50 years

    Within 50 years
    Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine islands.

  • 1599

    1599
    A dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam with ships from Asia leading to increase in overseas trade.

  • 1602

    1602
    a group of wealthy dutch merchants formed the dutch East India Company.

  • 1641

    1641
    Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China.
  • Period: to

    Mid 1700s

    The British and the French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power.
  • Period: to

    In the 1700s

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

    Late 1700s

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

  • 1900

    1900
    The dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia.