TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kessler,Marlene
AU  - Lee,Kristin
AU  - Menning,Daniel
TI  - The European Canton Trade 1723: Competition and Cooperation
SN  - 9783110421538
AV  - HF3840.C36 
U1  - 900 
PY  - 2016///
PB  - De Gruyter Oldenbourg
KW  - Trade routes
KW  - Europe
KW  - China
KW  - Diaries
KW  - History
KW  - Ocean travel
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Journaux intimes
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Commerçants
KW  - merchants
KW  - aat
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Civilization
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Essays
KW  - Reference
KW  - Social History
KW  - fast
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and index; Frontmatter --; Acknowledgment --; Table of Contents --; List of Figures --; Introduction --; Edited Documents --; 1. Documents from the East India Company Directors --; 2. Ship Hartford's Sea Journal from England to China --; 3. Diary & Consultation Book of the Council for China for the Year 1723 --; 4. Report of the Voyage of the Marquis de Prié and St. Joseph from Ostend to Canton in 1723 --; Abbreviations --; Glossary of Nautical Terms --; Bibliography --; Index
N2  - This critically-commented source edition contains the commercial directions, merchant diary and naval log of four East India Company ships, which sailed from London to Canton, China in 1723, as well as the travelogue of another contemporary trader who sailed from Ostend. It highlights the roles of cooperation and competition in shaping the relations between these and other European companies as well as the everyday lives of European merchants and mariners. The edition thus sheds new light on the history of the East Indies trade during the eighteenth century and its role in encouraging early modern globalization
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