The Scents of Eden - Charles Corn 9781568362496

The Scents of Eden

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Charles Corn

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TThe Scents of Eden – A History of the Spice Trade. Based on archival material, this book presents the history of the military, diplomatic and economic power struggle for control of the world’s most lucrative food stuffs, and domination of the Indian Ocean.

Clothed in mystery and lost in uncharted seas, the Spice Islands of the early sixteenth century tantalized European imagination to the point of obsession. As the only place on Earth where grew the ‘holy trinity’ of spices-cloves, nutmeg, and mace-these minuscule islands quickly became a wellspring of international intrigue and personal fortune.

The spice trade of Southeast Asia was hotly contested among European powers between the 16th and 19th centuries and was at the heart of the early colonization competition among them. Corn, an American travel writer, has assembled a remarkably seamless narrative of the trade, stringing together Portuguese, Dutch, British, and, finally, American efforts.

Much is published about our trade problems with Asia today; this book provides some needed historical perspective to show that it was never an easy matter. The result will appeal to both history buffs and armchair travelers.

For those for whom the Spice Islands conjure romantic visions of South Seas paradise, intrigue, and piracy, this book will not be a letdown. Covering the age of exploration, it is an informal history of the European invasion and the islanders’ futile resistance, ending with the U.S. presence in the islands in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Corn takes the reader from the founding of Malacca by Sumatran refugees right through the successive waves of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and English invasions (the first English colony in the world, on the tiny island of Pulau Run, gave them a presence in the area, which they relinquished in 1667 at the Peace of Breda in exchange for Manhattan).

Corn details the roles of such figures as Magellan, Francis Xavier, the infamous Jan Pieterszoon Coen, and Francis Drake. But this book is more than a chronicle of voyages and invasions as Corn endeavors to show how the spice trade was the catalyst of the expanding world economy, the bridge between feudalism and capitalism.

Staat:
Zo goed als nieuw
Auteur:
Charles Corn
Uitgever:
Kodansha [1999]
ISBN:
9781568362496
Trefwoorden:
Geschiedenis, Engels, Azië, Als nieuw, Economie

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