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Trade with the East Including First Contacts with India Ralph Fitch and…

- - - - Silk, cotton, jewels and perfumes were fashionable for clothing and furnishings
      - Spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and pepper were used for preserving and flavouring food - they were expensive in Europe. Portugal began to transport these goods by sea around southern Africa
      - Spain invaded Portugal in 1580, leading to fears that the spice trade would be disrupted
      - London merchants formed the Turkey Company (1581). They were granted a monopoly - the sole right to trade in the eastern Mediterranean