Yes, trade routes to the east brought spices back to Europe. It was the hazards associated with these trade routes that caused the search for a western route, around the globe the other way. Europeans knew since the greeks that the Earth was round. The unknown was how big.
£1 - or did you mean what could you buy with £1 in 1500?
For spices
For spices
In the year 1500, England was still Catholic.
spices
by ship?
There was less demand for all the spices from the English, French, and Spanish. This is the reason why their spice prices went down.
mixed spices come from india and is used some places around England
the defference between Spain and England in the 1500's is Spain found valuble metals and England found tobacco.
In 1500 the people's population was 2.6 milllion
Not really. There were no spices to find in North America. They did find corn, tomatoes, and coco in South America, Mexico, and the American Southwest.
There weren't any police in the 1500's.