Riches from Atlantic Commerce: Dutch Transatlantic Trade and Shipping, 1585-1817 (Atlantic World, 1)

Book Description
While it is generally recognized that the Dutch played a prominent part in the world economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most studies of Dutch long-distance shipping and trade have focused on Asia and neglected the Atlantic region. In this volume, eight scholars contribute their expertise on Dutch trade with Africa, the Americas and the West Indies, and demonstrate that Dutch trade in the Atlantic was far more extensive and valuable than has generally been assumed, and exceeded the trade with Asia at that time. Supported by extensive archival research and quantitative data, the study makes a strong appeal for a reassessment of Dutch maritime commerce of that period, and should stimulate further research of Dutch Atlantic trade.

About the Author
Johannes Postma earned his Ph.D. in History at Michigan State University in 1970 and was Professor of History at Minnesota State University at Mankato from 1969 to 2001. He is the author of several articles on Atlantic history and two books, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600–1800 (1990), and The Atlantic Slave Trade (2003). He continues his research and writing in retirement, and is presently living in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Victor Enthoven earned his Ph.D. at the University of Leiden in 1996. He was affiliated for several years with the Institute for the History of European Expansion (IGEER) at the same university. He has published several articles and books on Dutch expansion and Atlantic and Asian history, as well as on maritime history and the history of public finance. At present he is Assistant Professor of Maritime History at the Royal Netherlands Naval College at Den Helder, Netherlands.


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The role of the trade and shipping in the Dutch economy during the 17th and 18th centuries has not been given due recognition of its importance, argue Postma (retired, history, Minnesota State U. at Mankato, US) and Enthoven (maritime history, Royal Netherlands Naval College, Netherlands). They present 14 papers that describe the impact of Dutch shipping on the country's economy and beyond, describing the network of commercial and financial connections in Caribbean and North American trade, the slave trade, and in commerce with the Guiana settlement colonies Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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