The final blow to Portuguese domination of the Asian spice trade came when
a. Christopher Columbus sailed to Hispaniola
b. the English began to form joint-stock companies for colonization.
c. the Dutch VOC seized Malacca.
d. Muslim traders extended from the Arabic peninsula and cut off access to the Indian ocean.
e. the Portuguese monarchy was overthrown by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
c
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