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Overseas Empires. Chapter #17:ii. Portugal quickly moved to monopolize the spice trade with India and other parts of Asia. The Portuguese burned Arab dhows and wharves, and ransacked Muslim cities in East Africa. One of Portugal’s first colonies was Goa in India. Goa.
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Overseas Empires Chapter #17:ii
Portugal quickly moved to monopolize the spice trade with India and other parts of Asia.
The Portuguese burned Arab dhows and wharves, and ransacked Muslim cities in East Africa.
Through the efforts of Afonzo de Albuquerque, Goa quickly became the centre of a Portuguese trading empire.
Strait of Hormuz The Portuguese were able to control the trade of the Indian Ocean after seizing key straits. Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Hormuz controlled the trade passing between the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean.
The Strait of Malacca served as the major trade route between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
Portugal faced stiff competition for the spice trade from France, England, and the Netherlands by the late-1500s.
The Dutch displaced the Portuguese as the dominant power in the spice trade during the 1600s . . .
The Ming dynasty of China permitted only limited trade with European merchants.
By the early-1500s, the Portuguese had to confine their trading to Macau. Macau
In 1542, a new source of trade was opened when a Portuguese ship was blown off course and ended up in Japan.
The Dutch were the only foreigners (barbarians) allowed to trade with Japan from the early-1600s to the mid-1800s.
The Dutch did not try to evangelize, nor did they try to conquer, . . .
Outside contact was limited to one ship per year at Nagasaki after 1635.
Resident barbarians lived on the man-made islet of Dejima in the harbour of Nagasaki.