艺术家: John Hamilton Moore
日期: 1700
博物馆: National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bengaluru, India)
术: 刻画
寻找从欧洲到印度的出海航道,以直接获得亚洲商品,是"发现之道"(Voyages of Discovery)背后的驱动力,它深刻地改变了世界和世界历史的地图. 随着亚洲商品成为欧洲生活的必需品,亚洲和中东商人对亚洲贸易的支配成为欧洲消费者,特别是欧洲大陆最西端的葡萄牙和西班牙金融成本增加的一个来源。 自15世纪早期起,西班牙和葡萄牙就一直在竞争寻找通往印度和亚洲商品市场的直接出海通道. 15世纪末,意大利航海家克里斯托弗·哥伦布在西班牙君主制的赞助下从西班牙出发走出一条西行道,低估了地球的周而复始,并期望有一条更短的去向印度的路线. 哥伦布
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