Ways of the World: A Brief Global History First Edition Robert W. Strayer Ways of the World: A Brief Global History First Edition CHAPTER 15 Global Commerce 1450–1750 Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
Europeans and Asian Commerce A Portuguese Empire of Commerce Spain and the Philippines The East India Companies Asian Commerce
Silver and Global Commerce
The “World Hunt”: Fur in Global Commerce
The Atlantic Slave Trade Commerce in People: The Atlantic Slave Trade The Slave Trade in Context The Slave Trade in Practice Comparing Consequences: The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa
Chapter 15 Global Commerce, 1450–1750 Map 15.1 Europeans in Asia in the Early Modern Era (p. 436) Map 15.2 The Global Silver Trade (p. 442) Map 15.3 The North American Fur Trade (p. 446) Map 15.4 The Atlantic Slave Trade (p. 449) Snapshot: The Slave Trade in Numbers (p. 454) The Atlantic Slave Trade (p. 432) The Spice Trade (p. 437) A European View of Asian Commerce (p. 440) Potosí (p. 443) Fur and the Russians (p. 448) The Middle Passage (p. 451)