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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781689403321

Autore

Silva Filipa Ribeiro da <1974->

Titolo

Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa [[electronic resource] ] : empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674 / / by Filipa Ribeiro da Silva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16131-1

9786613161314

90-04-20690-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Collana

Atlantic world ; ; v. 22

Disciplina

382.0946906609032

966.02

Soggetti

Portuguese - Africa, West - History

Dutch - Africa, West - History

Africa, West Discovery and exploration Portuguese

Africa, West Discovery and exploration Dutch

Netherlands Colonies Economic aspects Africa

Portugal Colonies Economic aspects Africa

Africa, West History To 1884

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter One. Introduction / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter Two. Building Institutions / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter Three. Sending People: Labor Migration And Forced Labor / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter Four. Shaping Colonial Societies / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- The Concept Of ‘Atlantic System’ And The Study Of Interactions Between States, Companies And Private Merchants / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter Five. Sailing In African Waters: Coastal Areas And Hinterland / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter Six. Struggling For The Atlantic: The Inter-Continental Trade / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter Seven. Doing Business With Western Africa: Private Investors, Agency And Commercial Networks / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Conclusion New Insights On Dutch-Portuguese Rivalries In The Atlantic / F. Ribeiro



Da Silva -- Bibliography / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Index / F. Ribeiro Da Silva.

Sommario/riassunto

More than fifty years have passed since Charles Boxer wrote his major works on the Dutch-Portuguese rivalries in the Atlantic and attributed the successful takeover of North-eastern Brazil, Angola, São Tomé and the Gold Coast forts by the WIC to the superior naval power of the Dutch.This book reexamines the systems of settlement and trade of these States and their subjects in Western Africa and the Atlantic, offering a fresh insight on discussions about the success and failure of Dutch and Portuguese States, Companies and Merchants in the seventeenth-century-Atlantic.