HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Bartolomé De Las Casas, Theodor De Bry, Spice Trade
19 Oct 2016
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Portugal: sovereign of the seas: prince henry the navigator. Patron of voyages from 1418-1460: vasco de gama sea voyage to india (1497-1499, built an enclave empire, dominated spice trade in indian ocean, between 1497 and 1510 volume of trade grew from 2665 42775 tons. The portuguese (cid:449)as k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the (cid:862) o(cid:448)ereig(cid:374) of the eas(cid:863) Early in its imperial expansion, portuguese empire favored a merchant enclave model. Treaty of tordesillas (1494: divided the world between the iberian powers. Spanish territories in the americas: 1522- returns to hispaniola, 1525-1540- travels widely in the spanish americas, 1552- published a short account of the destruction of the indies, 1576- he dies. A short account of the destruction of the indies: visual source analysis: (pages 16,47,49) It was created in the 16th century (later than 1552) The image was wood cut he is basing the image on primary text however he is i(cid:374)terpreti(cid:374)g de las casas" jour(cid:374)eys.
