smells of the new world
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5th Grade ORMS Explorer's Unit on the Smell's of the New World and the Spice TradeTRANSCRIPT
Smells of the New World!
A Short History of Spice Trading
Spices and Herbs have played a
huge role our in history
-Now a days you can buy spices from around the world everywhere-EVEN WAL-MART!
-In early history they were RARE and PRECIOUS products; spices could be used for medicines, perfumes, and even flavorings!
3000 BC to 200 BCArabs Trade Spices and herbs among early civilzations
200BC1200AD
•For 1000 years, the Romans control the Trade! Big Surprise, they kind of controlled everything for a while-Duh!
•Romans would sail from Rome to Egypt to India—it took 2 years!!!
•Spices that Romans sought included Nutmeg, Cinammon, Pepper, Cloves, and Ginger
•Spices were only available to the upper class
•In 410, Rome is ransomed to Goths for gold and 30,000 lbs. of peppercorn-Achoo!
•Spice use and trading in Europe declined after the fall of the Roman Empire
12001500Europeans explore
passages to the East Indies
Demand for spices raises as culture develops
World’s most valuable spices come from India, China, and Indonesian islands
Europeans traded with these countries but sent out explorers to look for different routes and spices
The Silk Road
13th Century:Marco Polo
Portugese and Spanish say the Italians are too pricy so they decide to send out their own explorers
-Explores Europe and establishes Venice most
important trade port till about 1498
1497: Vasco De Gamma
Returned with Pepper, Cinnamon, Ginger, Jewels, and deals with Indian Princes and the PortugueseSail’s around Africa’s Cape of
Good Hope to Calcutta, IndiaThat’s right, I’m Awesome!
1492: Christopher Columbus
Lands in the Americas while looking for the “Spice Islands”
Doesn’t find them, but does bring back Allspice, Vanilla, and Red Peppers to his Spanish Fans
My Fans in
Spain Love me,
but didn’t hook
me up with a
holiday!
The 15th to the 17th Centuries
Wars for the Control of the Spices Breakout
Spain, Portugal, England, and Holland fight for Control
1519: Ferdinand Magellan
Spain sends him west around the world
Died in the Philippines, and lost 4 of 5 ships
But ship #5 makes it back with tons of pepper and other spices-trip is deemed a financial success!
I tell you, the world is as
round as my belly after
eating a dozen donuts!
16th Century: The Dutch Take Over
Key Years where the Dutch Kicked some
Tooshie! 1641-They Conquer Malacca
1658-They take control of the cinnamon trade in Ceylon Think about all the Atomic Fireballs they could make!
1663-They establish exclusive rights to trade pepper with India Spicy!
By end of the 17th century, the dutch are the controllers of Asian Spices
The End of the 17th Century:
France vs. Holland
Prices fall for the Dutch so they resort to sneaky tactics:
-Burn down some cinnamon and clove trees; soak nutmeg in “milk of lime” so new seeds
won’t grow
-French become powerhouse and steal a bunch of stuff from
the Dutch and plant it themselves; cloves, cinnamon,
and nutmeg
16th to 18th CenturyEnglish Exploration Begins
1600-Elizabeth I chartered British East India Company and takes over Mr. Sadana’s motherland!
I think I’m going
to go down under!
1780-England vs. Holland- English take over all spice trading centers by 1799!
17th to 20th Century: Viva Americana!
Americans enter the Spice Race in 1672