The first Portuguese to set up trading posts and settle there were Vasco da Gama and after him, Francisco de Almeida .
The country that served as a base for Portuguese slave trade in the 1400s was Portugal itself. Cities like Lagos and Lisbon were key hubs where slaves were bought, sold, and shipped to other parts of the world.
The merchants bought the land.
Actually they did not buy from the merchants they had bought everything across the seas.
They have one that can be bought on Amazon and shipped to you.
There are some ways to find out what is being shipped, but it requires you to know where you bought an item. Otherwise, no one can possibly guess what is being shipped to you.
They would have bought them from merchants like Scrooge
The colonies were not bought. Colonists settled the colonies to start a new life.
the merchants hide the information that they bought the spices for less to make money, it can technically mean cheating.
they sold them for a higher price than he\she bought it
Merchants are more like dealers (importers) of tea. Shop keepers bought the tea from the merchants, and sold the tea on to the public.
Sumerian merchants are people (in or from Sumer (soo-mur) that sell, buy, and trade goods. They traded good to get what they needed.