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Maritime Trade Dbq Essay

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Before the Portuguese got into the Indian ocean to begin maritime trade there was mainly land-based trading going on with the nations/countries around them and some maritime trade. As the countries began to trade more and more they all soon had the products that each country around them had to offer. That’s when the Portuguese decided to try and transform maritime trade.The Portuguese wanted the three g’s every country dreams of: God, Glory, and Gold. Although many Scholars would argue that the Portuguese transformed maritime trade, they did not due to how power hungry they got and waging war with the nations and the effects left on the countries. The muslims worried and concerned with the arrival of the Portuguese to their city again (Doc …show more content…

The Portuguese set up a trading post on the Malabar coast with Muslims working there but once they saw that the King of Portugal made himself master there they began to leave Calicut for their own safety (Doc 2). After the Portuguese established another trading post in Cochin on the Malabar Coast they started to ensure every ship that set voyage a safe conduct pass, which was issued for a certain fee (Doc 5). These two documents also show how the Portuguese started off by establishing trading posts on the coast of Malabar but soon began to charge fees for a safe conduct pass of ships. Document 5 also shows how the Portuguese would seize the cargo off of every ship and the crew if they did not have their pass. This document also shows how the Portuguese had ships stationed all over the Indian Ocean to lie and wait to intercept any vessels. The Sourcing from document 2 allows us to have a deeper understanding of what the Portuguese really did due to the source being from a government official employed at that trading …show more content…

The Portuguese made a contract with the King of Cochin to buy a pepper used for spice at a very low price but the Indian pepper growers brought their worst produce to the Portuguese and sold them peppers that were green and full of filth (Doc 6). This document shows how the Portuguese were jealous of Arabia and Persia for having that specific pepper, ultimately having them make a contract with the King which as a result left them with receiving bad peppers. The Portuguese sent a letter to the Ottoman empire to establish free trade with them by listing many reasons on how the Turks would betray them and turn against the Ottomans (Doc 3). This document also shows us how the Portuguese were jealous of the Turks trading with the ottomans but it also shows us how greedy they are because they made it clear that they wanted to establish free trade with the ottomans. The sourcing from document three shows us that a Portuguese court official realized that it would be beneficial to trade with the Ottomans to get more products from other countries but as long as a free trade was established between the

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