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Spice Trade in the Indian Ocean
Joaquin Stewart, Sonja Bear, Michael
Morris, Alaina Kitson
Spice Trade Route
Ferdinand Magellan
• He led expeditions to Portugal and gained
control of all the important trade routes.
• Explored the Spice Islands
• Circumnavigated the world
• Magellan was able to find new sea routes to
trade spices
Areas of Trade
• First country to trade spices was Portugal
• All continents except Australia and Antarctica
participated in the spice trade
Pros/Cons of Spice Trade
• Pro: Spices were added to the food
• Con: Opium was introduced, creating a drug
problem for China
• Pro: Helped boost the economies of countries
involved
• Con: Helped start the slave trade
Contributions to Modern World
• Brought the whole world into one connected
trading system
• Start to all things being traded throughout the
world
• Introduction to new technologies, cultures,
currencies, etc. being traded