Riches from Atlantic commerce : Dutch transatlantic trade and shipping, 1585-1817 / edited by Johannes Postma and Victor Enthoven.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Postma, Johannes.

Enthoven, Victor, 1958-

Series:

Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 1.

The Atlantic world ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)--History.

West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands).

Commerce.

History.

Netherlands--Commerce--America--History.

Netherlands.

America--Commerce--Netherlands--History.

America.

Netherlands--Commerce--Africa, West--History.

Africa, West--Commerce--Netherlands--History.

Africa, West.

West Africa.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 525 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

A fresh examination of Dutch transatlantic trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this multi-authored volume demonstrates that Atlantic commerce was much larger and valuable for the Dutch economy than hitherto thought, and it challenges the assumed dominance of commerce with Asia.

Contents:

Part 1 Initial Ventures into the Atlantic and the Dutch West India Company

2. Early Dutch Expansion in the Atlantic Region, 1585-1621 / Victor Enthoven 17

3. Dutch Trade with Brazil before the Dutch West India Company, 1587-1621 / Christopher Ebert 49

4. The Dutch West India Company, 1621-1791 / Henk den Heijer 77

Part 2 African Commerce and Slave Trade

5. A Reassessment of the Dutch Atlantic Slave Trade / Johannes Postma 115

6. The West African Trade of the Dutch West India Company, 1674-1740 / Henk den Heijer 139

7. The Dutch Republic and Brazil as Commercial Partners on the West African Coast during the Eighteenth Century / Stuart B. Schwartz, Johannes Postma 171

Part 3 Caribbean and North American Trade

8. Curacao and the Caribbean Transit Trade / Wim Klooster 203

9. The Curacao Slave Market: From Asiento Trade to Free Trade, 1700-1730 / Han Jordaan 219

10. Representative Atlantic Entrepreneur: Jacob Leisler, 1640-1691 / Claudia Schnurmann 259

Part 4 Commerce with the Guiana Settlement Colonies

11. Suriname and Its Atlantic Connections, 1667-1795 / Johannes Postma 287

12. The Forgotten Colonies of Essequibo and Demerara, 1700-1814 / Eric Willem van der Oest 323

Part 5 General Trends and Impact of the Dutch Economy

13. An Overview of Dutch Trade with the Americas, 1600-1800 / Wim Klooster 365

14. An Assessment of Dutch Transatlantic Commerce, 1585-1817 / Victor Enthoven 385.

Notes:

Edited by Johannes Postma and Victor Enthoven.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [479]-502) and index.

ISBN:

9004125620

OCLC:

52749907