欧洲早期与亚洲海上贸易探索及阅读作业要求.pdfVIP

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TPO17P1EuropesEarlySeaTradewithAsia

Inthefourteenthcentury,anumberofpoliticaldevelopmentscutEuropesoverland

traderoutestosouthernandeasternAsia,withwhichEuropehadhadimportantand

highlyprofitablecommercialtiessincethetwelfthcentury.Thisdevelopment,coming

asitdidwhenthebottomhadfallenoutoftheEuropeaneconomy,providedan

impetustoalong-helddesiretosecuredirectrelationswiththeEastbyestablishinga

seatrade.Widelyreported,ifsomewhatdistrusted,accountsbyfigureslikethe

famoustravelerfromVenice,MarcoPolo,ofthewillingnessofpeopleinto

tradewithEuropeansandoftheimmensityofthewealthtobegainedbysuchcontact

madetheideairresistible.Possibilitiesfortradeseemedpromising,butnohope

existedformaintainingthetraditionalroutesoverlandAnewwayhadtobefound.

Thechiefproblemwastechnological:HowweretheEuropeanstoreachtheEast?

Europesmaritimetraditionhaddevelopedinthecontextofeasilynavigable

seas—theMediterranean,theBaltic,and,toaserextent,theNorthSeaween

EnglandandtheContinent—notofvastoceans.Newtypesofshipswereneeded,new

methodsoffindingonesway,newtechniquesforfinancingsovastascheme.The

sheerscaleoftheinvestmentittooktobegincommercialexpansionatseareflectsthe

immensityoftheprofitsthatsuchEast-Westtradecouldcreate.Spiceswerethemost

sought-aftercommodities.Spicesnotonlydramaticallyimprovedthetasteofthe

Europeandietbutalsowereusedtomanufactureperfumesandcertainmedicines.But

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