However, the documents show some limitations, since they mention Jewish merchants only | 4 Margariti, Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade, p |
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34 De Gama, Voyage de Vasco de Gama, p | They were conscious of a crisis in the spice trade, which was of no use for the classical world till the advent of the Portuguese in the early 16th century |
Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris, 1962, p.
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30 Coulon, Barcelone et le grand commerce, p | Our approach is based on tracking the Islamic Western merchants North Africa and Muslim Spain presence in the Eastern trade from Alexandria to China during the late Middle Age |
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