Richer than Spices. How a royal bride’s dowry introduced cane, lacquer, cottons, tea and porcelain to England, and so revolutionized taste, manners, craftsmanship, and history in both England and America

THOMAS, Gertrude Z

$25.00

Publisher: New York, Knopf, 1965. First edition
Description: ppxx, 224, viii, illustrated. 4to, cloth. Very good in dustwrapper (price-clipped and a little chipped)

The dowry of Charles II’s bride, Catherine of Braganza, included the deed to the former Portuguese colony of Bombay. This brought about the establishment of the East India Company, and opened new trade routes for England

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