The Scents of Eden
Subtitle: A History of the Spice Trade
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Kodansha America
Published: March 26, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781568362496
Subjects: Distributive industries; Economic history; International trade; Renaissance; History; History - General History; History: World; Indian Ocean; Asia - Southeast Asia; History / Europe / General; Far East; Europe - General
First sentence: "EUROPEAN COLONIZATION OF the Far East began in July of 1511 when a Portuguese fleet, commanded by Afonso de Albuquerque and including a young captain named Fernao de Magalhaes, rode at anchor just off the strategic port of Malacca's deepwater channel, with"