Spanish Period- History 1
SPANISH PERIOD
East Meets West
Making the food more palatable to the most discriminating medieval tastes triggered the search of spices of all sorts.
• Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, Ginger
*These spices are indigenous to the east. By means of these spices, the bland taste of meat and fish is accented, while preserving them, in the absence of refrigerator.
Pepper - one of the most expensive spices. It is expensive that it could even buy a land, pay taxes, liberate a city and even play dowries.
Fernand Braudel – “Everything depended on it, even the dreams of the fifteenth century explorer”
Another reason that brought the Spaniards to the East:
• Gold, Slaves, Silk, Silver
Gold and Silver not only funded but also expanded the jewelry trade of rare pearls and rubies from far-way India. The inclusion of Asian trade to that of Europe led not only to the flow of economic products and the wealth of Asia to European societies but also to the dynamic interaction of cultures.
This brought to nation states, particularly Portugal and Spain, intensified European rivalries for the fabled source of Oriental products. Because of this, the Pope intervened.
The Lusitanian-Hispanic Rivalry in Maritime Discoveries
Portugal - the first country to use innovation in seamanship and boatbuilding.
Henry “The Navigator” – established the first navigational school in the globe at Sagres Point in 1419.
1451-1470 - All the islands of Azores were colonized by the Portuguese.
Because of the Portuguese’s undying zeal, they pursued the dream of reaching the East using a direct all-water route. In fifteenth century, two of their intrepid explorers reached the southernmost end of Africa, and later on, to India, thus winning the race to the wealth and spices of the East.
Spain had its most first truly momentous exploration in modern times.
Paolo Toscanelli – Florentine map maker and discovered the westward sea route to India.
Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) – made
East Meets West
Making the food more palatable to the most discriminating medieval tastes triggered the search of spices of all sorts.
• Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, Ginger
*These spices are indigenous to the east. By means of these spices, the bland taste of meat and fish is accented, while preserving them, in the absence of refrigerator.
Pepper - one of the most expensive spices. It is expensive that it could even buy a land, pay taxes, liberate a city and even play dowries.
Fernand Braudel – “Everything depended on it, even the dreams of the fifteenth century explorer”
Another reason that brought the Spaniards to the East:
• Gold, Slaves, Silk, Silver
Gold and Silver not only funded but also expanded the jewelry trade of rare pearls and rubies from far-way India. The inclusion of Asian trade to that of Europe led not only to the flow of economic products and the wealth of Asia to European societies but also to the dynamic interaction of cultures.
This brought to nation states, particularly Portugal and Spain, intensified European rivalries for the fabled source of Oriental products. Because of this, the Pope intervened.
The Lusitanian-Hispanic Rivalry in Maritime Discoveries
Portugal - the first country to use innovation in seamanship and boatbuilding.
Henry “The Navigator” – established the first navigational school in the globe at Sagres Point in 1419.
1451-1470 - All the islands of Azores were colonized by the Portuguese.
Because of the Portuguese’s undying zeal, they pursued the dream of reaching the East using a direct all-water route. In fifteenth century, two of their intrepid explorers reached the southernmost end of Africa, and later on, to India, thus winning the race to the wealth and spices of the East.
Spain had its most first truly momentous exploration in modern times.
Paolo Toscanelli – Florentine map maker and discovered the westward sea route to India.
Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) – made