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Provides multifaceted insight into the history of the 18th century trade with Asia, which was marked by competition and cooperation between companies. This title includes a logbook from an English trading ship, diaries of English trade representatives, and a travel report by a Belgian ship crew.

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.

"Insgesamt handelt es sich um einen gelungenen Band, der die weitere Forschung zum Kantonhandel und zum Austausch zwischen China und dem Westen insgesamt bereichert. Er richtet sich sowohl an Fachhistoriker oder Sinologen, die hier in selten gekannter Detailgenauigkeit Elemente des Kontakts studieren können und in der landeskundlichen Beschreibung im zweiten Teil interessante Aspekte über das westliche Chinabild finden werden, die weit über das hinausgehen, was den kaufmännischen Berichten üblicherweise nachgesagt wird. Die Edition ist aber ebenfalls überaus geeignet als Seminarlektüre [...]."
Cord Eberspächer in: www.hsozkult.de, 2017

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European Canton Trade 1723 : Competition and Cooperation

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