Les Compagnies des Indes orientales. Archéologie subaquatique For 20 years

For 20 years

has opened his archives

D’où les nombreuses évocations de conservateurs et de professeurs

including the reproduction of certain paintings

illustrated with illuminations from the original manuscripts

Les Compagnies des Indes orientales. Archéologie subaquatique For 20 yearsOn 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