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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ralph Davis; Lewis R Fischer; David M Williams; International Maritime Economic History Association. |
ISBN: | 9780986497384 098649738X |
OCLC Number: | 811554284 |
Notes: | Oorspr. uitg.: 1962. |
Description: | xviii, 417 p. : tab. ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Preface -- 1. The widening of horizons, 1560-1689 -- 2. Consolidation, 1689-1775 -- 3. Ships and shipbuilders in the seventeenth century -- 4. Ships and shipbuilders in the eighteenth century -- 5. The shipowners -- 6. The merchant seamen -- 7. The pay and conditions of merchant seamen -- 8. Shipping management and the role of the master -- 9. Shipping and trade -- 10. The nearby and northern European trades -- 11. The southern European and Mediterranean trades -- 12. The east Indian trade -- 13. The American and west Indian trades -- 14. The government and the shipping industry -- 15. War and the shipping industry -- 16. Four ships and their fortunes -- 17. Was it a profitable business? -- 18. Conclusion -- Appendix A: A note on the shipping statistics, 1686-1788 -- Appendix B: Sources for the history of the shipping industry. |
Series Title: | Research in maritime history, no. 48. |
Responsibility: | Ralph Davis. |
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