The European Canton Trade 1723 Competition and Cooperation.

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TextPublication details: De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2016.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 433 pages) 10 figureContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9783110421538
3110421534

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: European Canton Trade 1723.DDC classification:

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HF3840.C36

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NW 3200

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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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.