Spice, by Roger Crowley, is a narrative history about discovery and long-distance trade between 1511 and 1571, primarily ...
The Spice Route connected the great civilizations of Europe ... and the search for these riches impelled Columbus to cross the Atlantic and Magellan to circumnavigate the globe. Purchase this book ...
They conquered Malacca in August that year. One of his friends carried on to the Spice Islands. The letters he sent to Magellan about the place would change the explorer's life. Back in Portugal ...