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Transatlantic triangular trade in staple foods and provisioning (c. 1600–1850)

1607 - 1838

16 entries

Sugarcane plantation development in Barbados and the British Caribbean (c. 1627–1834)

1627 - 1834

13 entries

Spanish Casa de Contratación and colonial regulation of food commodities (1503–1717)

1503 - 1717

14 entries

Salted, dried, and preserved provisioning practices for Atlantic voyages (c. 15th–19th centuries)

1415 - 1847

14 entries

Saint-Domingue's coffee and sugar boom under French colonial rule (c. 1715–1804)

1687 - 1804

14 entries

Portuguese introduction and diffusion of chili peppers across Asia and Africa (c. 1500–1700)

1493 - 1700

14 entries

Portuguese Brazil sugar plantations and export system (1530–1808)

1530 - 1808

16 entries

Manila Galleon food and spice exchanges between Acapulco and Manila (1565–1815)

1565 - 1815

15 entries

Introduction and spread of European cattle in the Americas and Caribbean (c. 1493–1800)

1493 - 1770

12 entries

Goan Catholic cuisine and Indo-Portuguese culinary exchange (c. 1510–1850)

1498 - 1812

12 entries

Global spread and commercialization of the potato from the Andes (c. 1570–1850)

1553 - 1849

15 entries

French Saint-Domingue sugar and coffee economy (1715–1804)

1715 - 1804

15 entries
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