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The Lasting Impact of Spice Trade: A Reflection on Power and Cultural Exchange

This analysis explores the profound significance of an Indonesian leader's quote to a European trader: “You may be able to take our plants, but you will never be able to take our rain.” It underscores the essential role of spices in global exploration, economics, and cultural exchange. The motivations for exploration are examined through key events like the voyages of Prince Henry, Bartolomeu Dias, and Vasco da Gama, highlighting Portugal's leadership in breaking trade monopolies. The Treaty of Tordesillas further shaped colonial ambitions, altering the course of history in both Asia and the Americas.

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The Lasting Impact of Spice Trade: A Reflection on Power and Cultural Exchange

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  1. Chapter 2.1 The Search for Spices

  2. Quote Analysis What do you think is the message of this quote from an Indonesian leader to a European trader? “You may be able to take our plants, but you will never be able to take our rain.”

  3. Motivations for Exploring • Europe discovered many luxury items during crusades (cultural blending) • Moluccas = island chain that provided most spices • Spices = most valued item • Preserved food • Adds flavor • Medicinal uses • Perfumes

  4. Map of Southeast Asia Map of Indonesia & Molucca Islands

  5. Motivations for Exploring Arab and Italians dominate trade between Asian & Europe (economics, power & authority) Other European countries want to gain direct access to Asia (economics, power & authority)

  6. Portugal Takes the Lead • Prince Henry leads the way (science & technology) • Classes on navigation, cartography, shipbuilding, science of the seas • Bartholomeu Dias sails around southern tip of Africa • Vasco da Gama = 1st to explore eastern Africa and sail to India

  7. Route of Bartolomeu Dias Route of Vasco da Gama

  8. Treaty of Tordesillas • Columbus sails west & reaches Caribbean • People thought he reached India (including the Portuguese) • What is the impact of this? • Because Portugal already reached India, it was worried that Spain would take those lands (power & authority, economics, empire building)

  9. Treaty of Tordesillas • Tensions between Spain and Portugal increase • Pope Alexander VI offers solution • Draw a dividing line – called “Line of Demarcation” • East of the line is for Portugal • West of the line is for Spain • WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THIS? • Spain gains land in all the Americas and has larger historical impact

  10. Line of Demarcation

  11. Portugal Takes the Lead • Portugal gains early successes from Treaty of Tordesillas • Breaks Muslim-Italian hold on trade in Asia • Magellan circumnavigates the earth

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