| Riches from Atlantic Commerce: Dutch Transatlantic Trade and Shipping, 1585-1817 Contributor(s): Postma, Johannes, Enthoven, Victor |
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ISBN: 9004125620 ISBN-13: 9789004125629 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2003 Annotation: While it is generally recognized that the Dutch played a prominent part in the world economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most studies of Dutch long-distance shipping and trade have focused on Asia and neglected the Atlantic region. In this volume, eight scholars contribute their expertise on Dutch trade with Africa, the Americas and the West Indies, and demonstrate that Dutch trade in the Atlantic was far more extensive and valuable than has generally been assumed, and exceeded the trade with Asia at that time. Supported by extensive archival research and quantitative data, the study makes a strong appeal for a reassessment of Dutch maritime commerce of that period, and should stimulate further research of Dutch Atlantic trade. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 382.094 |
| LCCN: 2003056282 |
| Series: Atlantic World |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (2.25 lbs) 556 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While it is generally recognized that the Dutch played a prominent part in the world economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most studies of Dutch long-distance shipping and trade have focused on Asia and neglected the Atlantic region. In this volume, eight scholars contribute their expertise on Dutch trade with Africa, the Americas and the West Indies, and demonstrate that Dutch trade in the Atlantic was far more extensive and valuable than has generally been assumed, and exceeded the trade with Asia at that time. Supported by extensive archival research and quantitative data, the study makes a strong appeal for a reassessment of Dutch maritime commerce of that period, and should stimulate further research of Dutch Atlantic trade. Riches from Atlantic Commerce has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005). Contributors include: Christopher Ebert, Victor Enthoven, Henk den Heijer, Han Jordaan, Wim Klooster, Eric Willem van der Oest, Johannes Postma, Claudia Schnurmann, and Stuart B. Schwartz. |
