Spice Trade: European Policies and Actions in SE Asia

  • Period: 1500 to

    Most of 1500s

    Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia
  • 1510

    Portuguese Seize Goa

    Portuguese Seize Goa
    The Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, making it their major military and commercial base.
  • Period: 1510 to 1560

    In less than 50 years....

    The Portuguese took the East Indies port of Malacca, massacring the cities muslims
  • Period: 1510 to 1560

    Portuguese in SE Asia

    Portuguese built trading empire in SE Asia
  • 1511

    The Portuguese and Malacca

    The Portuguese and Malacca
    The Portuguese took the East Indies port of Malacca, massacring the cities muslims.
  • 1521

    Magellan Claims the Archipelago

    Magellan Claims the Archipelago
    Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain
  • 1525

    Early 1500s

    Early 1500s
    Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later Protestant Northern Provinces want independence.
  • 1526

    Mughal Empire and Afonso I

    Mughal Empire and Afonso I
    Mughal Empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous and strong. King Affonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal
  • The Dutch and Overseas Trade

    The Dutch and Overseas Trade
    A Dutch fleet returned with ships to Amsterdam form Asia leading to an increase in overseas trade.
  • DEIC

    DEIC
    A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company
  • Malacca and The Dutch

    Malacca and The Dutch
    Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China
  • Mid 1700s

    Mid 1700s
    The British and the French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power
  • During 1700s

    During 1700s
    The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the east
  • Late 1700s

    Late 1700s
    Britain has used its great wealth to dominate much of India