European Dominance And Wealth Essay

Discuss the significant factors for European dominance and wealth during the seventeenth century ,and the contribution of African labour to their profitability and success of the plantation economies in the new world

1492 was Europe’s first interaction with the Caribbean the voyage was lead by Christopher Columbus who travel to the Caribbean three time thinking that he reached Indian he never realised his mistake this is why the Caribbean is called the West Indies , he was inspired by Genoese roots as well as his experiences in Portugal. His goal was to find trading posts to boast the trade and resources and wealth of the country, also another factor was to find spices for the preservation of food, as refrigeration had not yet been technologically invented yet, so there fore this was the only way to keep meat fresh by using salt ,spices also concealed the taste of bad meat.
Another factor of the exploration of the Caribbean was gold, as the Spanish ventures who had landed in the Caribbean had to reimburse their sponsors’, this triggered
Senegal valley where the kajoor and Bawol emerged as the main victims another group which was traditionally target was the Kurtey a small tribe situated in modern Mali. This caused conflict as each tribe felt endangered by the surrounding tribes and started taking revenge such as the Lunda slaves across large areas of the Congo basin. Over all this was wide spread chain reaction from Lozi of Zambia and the Sena of Mozambique to the Amharas of Ethiopia kidnapping and raiding the people of central and east Africa this was an internal