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The European Canton Trade 1723 Competition and Cooperation.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2016.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 433 pages) 10 figureContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110421538
  • 3110421534
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: European Canton Trade 1723.DDC classification:
  • 900
LOC classification:
  • HF3840.C36
Online resources:
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 Pri�e 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.

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 Pri�e and St. Joseph from Ostend to Canton in 1723 -- Abbreviations -- Glossary of Nautical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.

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