Article: The Scents of Eden. A History of the Spice Trade.(Review)

Article: Books.(Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or, the True and Incredible Adventures ...
Calliope;  February 1, 2006 ;     574 words ... ... of Eden: A History of the Spice Trade, by Charles Corn (Kodhansha America, 1999 ... Western involvement in the spice trade. Its details will aid readers ... the various aspects of the spice trade and the West's involvement ...

Article: TALES PEPPER THE SPICE TRADE.(BUSINESS)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 15, 1999 ;     590 words ... ... to propel America into the lucrative spice trade. Today, the spice business has lost ... of the '90s. ``The essence of the spice trade has not really changed but it's definitely ... in New England, where the American spice trade was launched. Dirigo started as a small ...

Article: Imperial strategy and political exigency: the Red Sea ...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... monopolies"--his monopoly of the spice trade in particular--have come to characterize ... agreement about the beginning date of the spice trade monopoly. Ashtor himself argued for ... Ashtor's studies of the Mediterranean spice trade, based on evidence from the Italian ...

Article: Indian spice trade route provides culinary, ...
Sunday Star-Times;  July 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... origins of the spice industry. The spice trade in India dates back 5000 years. "There ... Peta takes the route of the Indian spice trade with her guide Meena Pathak. Meena ... Peta follows the route of the Indian spice trade along a network of canals that were ...

Article: Ghosts of the Spice Trade
International Herald Tribune;  March 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... once the center of the international spice trade, the cosmopolitan haunt of merchants ... however: spices. The heart of the spice trade is down a maze of labyrinthine alleys ... turmeric, pepper and cloves. The spice trade was dominated by Cochin's Jewish community ...

Article: Adventures in the spice trade: Kipling famously ...
Geographical;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ledgers. It would be hard to overstate the importance of the spice trade, for it is of central importance to two developments of fundamental ... prime reasons was spice. The traditional explanation for the spice trade is almost completely incorrect. Everyone knows the outlines ...

Article: A spy at work.(spice trade)
Calliope;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Portugal had a monopoly on the Asian spice trade that other countries were eager to challenge ... Dutch held a privileged position in the spice trade. Portuguese ships brought the spices ... not give the Dutch an advantage in the spice trade for long. In 1598, it was published ...