HIS244H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Spice Trade, Consumerism, East India Company
Document Summary
Europe and the outer world: colonial empires and the second age of discoveries. This is the first half of the social and economic change part of the course. Change through an eye for consumerism, and not just production. The first age of great discovery started in the late 15th cent. , at the time their were some imported technological innovations, and some financial support. Spices, mostly pepper) and bring them back to europe: discovers america. After america is discovered, the portuguese launch their own discovery and go around africa to india this is the first circum navigation. In 1511 following more inspirations of southern asian, the portuguese conquer malacca it has a strait in indonesia, and allows them to control access to china: gives them great control over the trade of spices and pepper. Soon after the spanish/portuguese exploration, the other european states start to follow (england/france: they go to africa, asia and the new world.
