A History of Agriculture in India v2.c72.s10: Introduction of New Crops by the Portuguese

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In the sixteenth century, the great century of plant introduction, American and African plants began to spread in India along the Portuguese sea routes, from Portugal to Brazil, round the Cape of Good Hope to Goa (A.D. 1510), Malacca (A.D. 1511), the Moluccas (A.D. 1512), Canton (A.D. 1515), and Macao (A.D. 1557). Apart from American plants, many plants were introduced into India from the Malay Archipelago and the East Indies.