[Marxism] Yes, India-China were too far away

["Nestor Gorojovsky" <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fred Feldman:

> Was the trip that much
> longer? Were they that much further from the riches of Peru, for
> example, than Spain?

Yes, they definitely were.  Please take into account dominant winds, 
etc.  People weren't used to navigate at their will by those times.  
They depended on multiple natural factors, the complexity of 
guesssing the longitudes not being the lest important.

In fact, a Chinese fleet reached Mombassa.  An Indian fleet 
decided to return somewhere between today's Capetown and Rio de 
Janiro, in the Atlantic sometime around 1450.  

In both cases, a comparison between the difficulties and costs of the 
journey and the scant results it was giving decided to put the 
exploration to an end.

The definitive demonstration of these empiric facts is one of Jim 
Blaut's best contributions both in _1492_ and _The colonizer's view 
of the world_.

Of course, I am addressing this particular point.  I am saying 
nothing on Fred's remaining questions.


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