"1722"^^ . . "The demand for \"eastern\" products as spices, coffee and tobacco was relatively inelastic, and the lagging supply of \"new opportunities\" on the newfound continent of Dovani therefore caused a sharp rise in need for new profitable area at the time. The need for more exotic products and more (profitable) trade with other continents formed motive for Alorian merchants to enter the intercontinental trade themselves at this time. Unfortunately, earlier trade expeditions to Eastern Selaya and Dovani failed."@en . "First Alorian contact"@en . "The demand for \"eastern\" products as spices, coffee and tobacco was relatively inelastic, and the lagging supply of \"new opportunities\" on the newfound continent of Dovani therefore caused a sharp rise in need for new profitable area at the time. The need for more exotic products and more (profitable) trade with other continents formed motive for Alorian merchants to enter the intercontinental trade themselves at this time. Unfortunately, earlier trade expeditions to Eastern Selaya and Dovani failed. In the 1710s, a group of Alorian merchants decided to try to circumvent the Selayan monopoly. In 1718, a four-ship expedition led by William Prescott was the first Alorian contact with the island of Indrala. The expedition reached Quibashi, the main pepper port of East Indrala, where they clashed with both Luthori and indigenous Indralans. Prescott's expedition then sailed east along the north coast of Indrala, losing twelve crew to a native attack at Sozhou and killing a local ruler in Beizhou. Half the crew were lost before the expedition made it back to Aloria the following year, but with enough spices to make a considerable profit."@en . "Alorian Dominion of Indrala"@en . "1722"^^ . "First permanent Alorian trading post"@en . "Gongchan Indrala"@en . . "Alorianprotectorateflag.jpg"@en . "Independence of Communist Indrala"@en . "1938"^^ . "Alorian Protectorate of Indrala"@en . "Alorian Protectorate of Indrala"@en . "Zhongjing"@en . "Map.PNG"@en . "1938"^^ . "Colonial protectorate federation"@en . "Indrala"@en . "Alorian Indrala"@en . "Commieindrala.jpg"@en . . "Lifa Hui"@en . "Seleya"@en . "1912"^^ . . . "Enzo Period Indrala"@en . . . "1718"^^ . . .