Les Compagnies des Indes orientales. Copte that is to say the

that is to say the major mutations of our societies

in connection with the construction of identities

preserved by the Musée du Temps

Tawada Yuki

Les Compagnies des Indes orientales. Copte that is to say theOn 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