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Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674
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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,...
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.
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- Creator
- by Filipa Ribeiro da Silva
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (412 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9004201513, 9789004206908, 1283161311, 9786613161314, 9004206906, 9789004201514
- OCLC
- ocn743693724, ocn744661255
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Thesis (doctoral)--Leiden, Universiteit, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Preliminary Material / F. Ribeiro Da Silva -- Chapter One. Introduction / Chapter Two. Building Institutions / Chapter Three. Sending People: Labor Migration And Forced Labor / Chapter Four. Shaping Colonial Societies / The Concept Of ‘Atlantic System’ And The Study Of Interactions Between States, Companies And Private Merchants / Chapter Five. Sailing In African Waters: Coastal Areas And Hinterland / Chapter Six. Struggling For The Atlantic: The Inter-Continental Trade / Chapter Seven. Doing Business With Western Africa: Private Investors, Agency And Commercial Networks / Conclusion New Insights On Dutch-Portuguese Rivalries In The Atlantic / Bibliography / Index / F. Ribeiro Da Silva
Subjects
- 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.