How Europe’s hunger for rare spices sent Magellan to a painful death
Spice, by Roger Crowley, is a narrative history about discovery and long-distance trade between 1511 and 1571, primarily ...
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Ferdinand Magellan
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 ...