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Historical Triangle of Trade

Uploaded by spootyhead on Mar 19, 2007

Historical Triangle of Trade

The British changed the entire face of the earth while trying to carry out the simple task of getting good Asian goods at a better price then through the Middle East. Who would have known that European Explorers searching for Asia would have started the slave trade from Africa to the Americas, helped the population of the earth more then triple, set the precedent for cultural cuisine all over the world, and not to mention reveal the Americas to the rest of the world? Christopher Columbus may have not discovered North America or helped with the development of the United States, but his voyages helped make way for everything listed above and may have been the biggest factor in the spread of syphilis to western civilization in the 15th century.

In the 15th century Britain had a fast growing demand for Asian goods such as tea, spices, silk and handmade crafts made by the Chinese. These products were available but only the very wealthy because great distance between China and Britain. The only way these good were brought to Britain was to be traded from city to city and each time these goods were traded hands the price was increased, and eventually they made it to Britain with a hefty price tag. Traders knew that the only way to get a good price on these goods was to go directly to the source. This meant sailing to China, which was no easy task since it had never been done before. Columbus made several failed attempts in search of the Indies only to find the Americas, which wasn’t a terrible discovery, but it wasn’t the Indies. “Soon after dawn on May 21st 1498, Vasco da Gama and his crew arrived at Calicut after the first direct sea voyage from Europe to Asia.”(AE 1, p.214) From then on out Europe had the direct connection with Asia they had been searching to find for so long.

When Columbus landed in the Americas instead of the Indies his discovery was not very popular with the people of Europe. The Americas only seemed to be an obstruction of the path to Asia, but their discovery ultimately changed all of Europe. The Americas Housed foods never seen before in Europe, and that would end up being staples of multiple European...

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Uploaded by:   spootyhead

Date:   03/19/2007

Category:   European

Length:   4 pages (989 words)

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