They wanted to own all the spices to hide them and make sure that no one ever used them again
I once read "the taste of their food and the looks of their women made the British the best sailors in the world"
Looks like reasonable justification to build an empire.
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adj16@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
They wanted to own all the spices to hide them and make sure that no one ever used them again
daiskun@vlemmy.net · 10 pts · 3y
I once read "the taste of their food and the looks of their women made the British the best sailors in the world"
vegasq@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Looks like reasonable justification to build an empire.