HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Triangular Trade, Food Preservation, Laudanum
Document Summary
Certain spices that could only be found in asia. Spices acted as a form of food preservation. Until end of wwii imperialism looked upon positively. - wealth and power to empire to as a whole and to individuals. By 18th c. more europeans arriving in asia. China seen as having lot of commodities and goods eurs wanted. By 18th c, china looked upon favourably and was quite powerful at the time. Canton was the only port open to foreigners for trade. Eurs only allowed to trade during summer months due to monsoon winds. Winds from the south took them into canton. Chinese created a group of approved cchinese merchant to trade with. Eurs had to rely on them if they had problems in china or request help from chinese govt or send petition to chinese govt. They forwarded petitions to superiors or to chinese govt. Bribery and corruption were all part of the process.
