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The main product brought back to Lisbon was black pepper. Pipernigrum was as valuable as gold in the age of discovery. In the 16th century, over half of Portugal’s state revenue came from West African gold and Indian pepper and other spices. The proportion of the spices greatly outweighed the gold.
http://postcolonialstudies.emory.edu/the-history-of-the-spice-trade-in-india/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_trade
Portugal became the leading trader instead of italy and the arabs by finding a new trade route . Portugals economy became better , mainly by its port in Lisbon.
The spice trade refers to the trade between historic civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, and turmeric were known, and used for commerce, in the Eastern World well into antiquity or ancient times.
A new route was found, it was the route from Europe to the Indian Ocean via the Cape of Good Hope. It was pioneered by the Portuguese explorer navigator Vasco da Gama in 1498, resulting in new maritime routes for trade