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The European Canton Trade 1723 : Competition and Cooperation /

The European Canton Trade 1723 : Competition and Cooperation / Daniel Menning, Marlene Kessler, Kristin Lee. - 1 online resource (IX, 433 p.)

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

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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.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9783110426236 9783110421538 9783110421439

10.1515/9783110421439 doi


Diaries--History.
Ocean travel.
Trade routes--China.
Trade routes--Europe.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.

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