Lowell Lecture
Nicholas Nugent upon the publication of Spice Ports: Mapping the Originas of Global Sea Trade
Date & Time
Jan. 14, 2025 at 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
Location
Virtual
, MA
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Author Nicholas Nugent and moderator William Fowler, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Northeastern University.
Presenting Organization
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University
Topics
Contact
Susan H. Spurlock (sspurlock@suffolk.edu, 617 504-7297)
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion about a fascinating period of global history as experts from both sides of the Atlantic discuss maritime commerce--the innovation, benefits, and damages of the spice trade. Learn how the drive of sea captains, worldwide consumers’ taste, and technical innovations—improvements in ship design, compasses, and mapping— enabled navigation across unprecedented distances, from such embarkation points as Venice, Amsterdam, Lisbon to the exotic ports of Malacca, Goa, Bombay, where they tracked down elusive spices. Such travels impacted art, literature, and science worldwide; and they were often disastrous for local populations, who were frequently exploited as slave plantation labor.