What was the main economic activity in Portuguese Malacca?
Farming
Trading
Mining
Fishing
Answer
Trading was the main economic activity in Portuguese Malacca. The city was a strategic port on the spice route, and its harbor bristled with the sails of Chinese junks and spice-loaded vessels from all over the hemisphere.
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