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1500 CE – 1800 CE

Trade routes of the early modern world

22 trade routes whose span overlaps this band, grouped by region and listed in order.

Europe · 10

Venice–Constantinople Route 800 CE – 1600 CE Genoa–Constantinople Route 1000 CE – 1500 CE Hanseatic League 1200 CE – 1669 CE Hanseatic League – Southern Branch 1200 CE – 1669 CE Portuguese Spice Route 1498 CE – 1700 CE Atlantic Trade Route 1500 CE Spanish Treasure Fleet 1566 CE – 1790 CE Atlantic Triangular Trade 1600 CE – 1850 CE Dutch East India Route 1602 CE – 1799 CE Trans-Atlantic Shipping 1800 CE

Middle East · 2

Mediterranean Southern Route 331 BCE – 1500 CE Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch 200 BCE – 1500 CE

East Asia · 3

Maritime Silk Road 200 BCE – 1500 CE Tea Horse Road 700 CE – 1950 CE Manila Galleon Trade 1565 CE – 1815 CE

Africa · 2

East African Coastal Trade 900 CE – 1505 CE Atlantic Middle Passage 1600 CE – 1850 CE

Americas · 4

Mesoamerican Trade Network 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Qhapaq Ñan (Inca Royal Road) 1400 CE – 1572 CE Spanish Treasure Fleet Return 1566 CE – 1790 CE Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco) 1600 CE – 1850 CE

Elsewhere · 1

Manila Galleon Return Route 1565 CE – 1815 CE