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The Spice War: How a 16th-Century Conflict Shaped the Modern World

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A vivid account of the struggle for control of the spice trade in the 16th century, a time when spices were more valuable than gold and people were willing to risk their lives for them.

You will learn how the ambitions of Portuguese and Spanish explorers, particularly Vasco da Gama and Magellan, as well as local rulers, led to large-scale conflicts between the major maritime powers—Spain and Portugal—and geopolitical shifts, and how this confrontation contributed to the emergence of the modern global economic and political system.

Recreating the atmosphere of the Age of Discovery, Roger Crowley reveals not only the human thirst for profit and the desire for new conquests, but also the boundless courage of the discoverers, their heroism, and their willingness to make many sacrifices.
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