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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798432803321

Titolo

The European Canton trade 1723 : competition and cooperation / / edited by Marlene Kessler, Kristin Lee and Daniel Menning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2016]

ISBN

3-11-042143-7

3-11-042153-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations

Classificazione

NW 3200

Disciplina

337.51275

Soggetti

Diaries - History

Ocean travel

Trade routes - China

Trade routes - Europe

HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century

Guangzhou (China) Commerce Europe History Sources

Europe Commerce China Guangzhou History Sources

Europe Commerce China Guangzhou History 18th century

Guangzhou (China) Commerce Europe History 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgment -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.