Chapter 14 pg 669-687, and 687-699

In this chapter it explains the Portuguese going to the Indian ocean and creating a trade post, transporting Asian goods, but still not as powerful as the Europeans. The Europeans were specifically looking for spices that they didn't have which was the driving force behind what they were doing.  as portguese created their trading post empire, the Spaniards became the first to challenge them realizing that they were behind in everything. which makes sense, because if i was in Spain's position i would do the same thing, so i don't look like the weak link and like I have no power.  the Spaniards established themselves on the Phillipine islands, which was of little interest to the major powers in the sea. In the 17th century the dutch and English entered the Indian ocean commerce, which caused a greater concern. The chapter explains how European presence wasn't as significant in the Americas or africa at this time specifically, but was more in the spice islands and the phillipines. Not just the spice trade was happening but also the silver trade that gave birth to a global network of exchange.  Joining silver was fur in the world of luxurious commerce. The Atlantic slave trade had the biggest impact on human consequences in the world of commerce. It was the owning and exchange of human beings. personally the Atlantic slave trade was one of the worst things that i think happened, because a person was nit even treated like a person and treated like a piece of property without  a heartbeat. This chapter shows the highs of commerce and the absolute lows of commerce and some of the bad things that did come out of it, that had an everlasting impact globally.