Spice - The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World 20%OffWatches One of the most eminent

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states

This extraordinary non-fiction adventure takes readers on a journey through stormy seas

former Director of Royal Museums Greenwich

developed in the early eighteenth century originally as spas for medicinal bathing but soon morphing into places of pleasure

Author: Tracey Williams

Spice - The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World 20%OffWatches One of the most eminentThe story of the sixteenth centurys 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