Les Compagnies des Indes orientales. Archéologie subaquatique illustrated with illuminations from the

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Les Compagnies des Indes orientales. Archéologie subaquatique illustrated with illuminations from theOn May 20, 1498, three Portuguese ships, after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, reached the coast of the East Indies. This major event in world history inaugurated a long period of exchanges between Westerners and Easterners. Each major European nation, eager to have its own East India Company, established powerful institutions that enjoyed a monopoly on trade and maritime relations. The development of their fleets transformed this adventure into a