Spice Trade in the Indian Ocean

Joaquin Stewart, Sonja Bear, Michael Morris, Alaina Kitson

Spice Trade Route

Ferdinand Magellan

• He led expeditions to Portugal and gained control of all the important trade routes.

• Explored the Spice Islands• Circumnavigated the world• Magellan was able to find new sea routes to

trade spices

Areas of Trade

• First country to trade spices was Portugal• All continents except Australia and Antarctica

participated in the spice trade

Pros/Cons of Spice Trade

• Pro: Spices were added to the food• Con: Opium was introduced, creating a drug

problem for China• Pro: Helped boost the economies of countries

involved • Con: Helped start the slave trade

Contributions to Modern World

• Brought the whole world into one connected trading system

• Start to all things being traded throughout the world

• Introduction to new technologies, cultures, currencies, etc. being traded