| 作者 | Roger Crowley |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| 商品描述 | Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World：Thestoryofthesixteenth-century’sepiccontestforthespicetrade,whichpropelledEuropeanmaritimeexplora |
內容簡介 The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Portuguese explorers competed to find their elusive source. But when the Portuguese finally reached the spice islands of the Moluccas in 1511, they set in motion a fierce competition for control. Roger Crowley shows how this struggle shaped the modern world. From 1511 to 1571, European powers linked up the oceans, established vast maritime empires, and gave birth to global trade, all in the attempt to control the supply of spices. Taking us on voyages from the dockyards of Seville to the vastness of the Pacific, the volcanic Spice Islands of Indonesia, the Arctic Circle, and the coasts of China, this is a narrative history rich in vivid eyewitness accounts of the adventures, shipwrecks, and sieges that formed the first colonial encounters—and remade the world economy for centuries to follow.
作者介紹 Roger CrowleyRoger Crowley is a best-selling narrative historian, focused on writing page-turning history based on first-hand eyewitness accounts.As the child of a naval family, early experiences of life in Malta gave him a deep interest in the history and culture of the Mediterranean. He is the author of a trilogy of books on the Mediterranean world and the contest between Islam and Christianity: 1453, Empires of the Sea – a Sunday Times History Book of the Year and a New York Times Bestseller – and City of Fortune on Venice, as well as Conquerors – a history of the Portuguese discovery of the world. His next book, about the crusades, The Accursed Tower, will be published in October 2019. He lives in Gloucestershire, UK
| 書名 / | Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World |
|---|---|
| 作者 / | Roger Crowley |
| 簡介 / | Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World：Thestoryofthesixteenth-century’sepiccontestforthespicetrade,whichpropelledEuropeanmaritimeexplora |
| 出版社 / | YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| ISBN13 / | 9780300267471 |
| ISBN10 / | |
| EAN / | 9780300267471 |
| 誠品26碼 / | 2682539029004 |
| 頁數 / | 320 |
| 裝訂 / | H:精裝 |
| 語言 / | 3:英文 |
| 尺寸 / | 37.4 x 0.6 x 38.1 inches |
| 級別 / | N:無 |
| 提供維修 / | 無 |
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