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The trade was changed by the Crusades and later the European Age of Discovery, [4] during which the spice trade, particularly in black pepper, became an influential activity for European traders. [5] From the 11th to the 15th centuries, the Italian maritime republics of Venice and Genoa monopolized the trade between Europe and Asia. [6]
The Second Dutch Expedition to the East Indies was an expedition that took place from 1598 to 1600, one of the Dutch forays into the East Indies spice trade that led to the establishment of the Dutch East India Company. It was led by Jacob Cornelius van Neck. The voyage's return in 1599, by Cornelis Vroom
The Bandanese preferred free trade so that they could play off the various European countries' merchants against each other and sell their products to the highest bidder. [6] However, the Dutch sought to establish a monopoly on the spice trade so that the Bandanese could sell their products only to the Dutch. [1]
The Moluccas, often referred to as the "Spice Islands," were renowned for producing cloves, nutmeg, and mace—spices highly valued in Europe for their use in medicine, preservation, and flavoring food. Control over these islands meant access to immense wealth, making them a focal point of European colonial ambitions in the 16th and 17th centuries.
During the 16th century the spice trade was extremely lucrative, but the Portuguese Empire had a stranglehold on the source of the spices, Indonesia. For a time, the merchants of the Netherlands were content to accept this and buy all of their spice in Lisbon, Portugal, as they could still make a decent profit by reselling it throughout Europe.
A merchant of Lisbon describes the overland spice route as follows: Only the markets of Venice and Genoa then scattered these spices all over Europe, great in cost, and without guaranteed arrival. [5] In 1453, with the capture of the city of Constantinople by the Ottomans, the trade of Venice and Genoa reduced to a great degree.
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