books.google.co.uk - Up to & including the Age of Discoveries, the wealth of the East was thought in Europe to consist primarily of spices & aromatics. Cloves, nutmeg, mace, & sandalwood all were thought to come from a few small islands in easternmost Indonesia, which no European reached before 1500. Yet supplies of these...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Between_East_and_West.html?id=-AdJrE5RDvYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBetween East and West
