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Updated: October 16, 2026
A fine of 200,000 pounds of pepper was imposed upon one petty prince of India by the Portuguese in 1520. In romances and chronicles, in cook-books, trades-lists, and customs- tariffs, spices are mentioned with a frequency and consideration unknown in modern times. Yet the location of "the isles where the spices grow" was very distant and obscure to the men of the Middle Ages.