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Between Empires
Brazilian Sugar in the Early Atlantic Economy, 1550-1630
Series: - The Atlantic World, Volume: 16
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This study examines the wholesale trade in sugar from Brazil to markets in Europe. The principal market was northwestern Europe, but for much of the time between 1550 and 1630 Portugal was drawn into the conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Dutch Republic. In spite of political obstacles, the trade persisted because it was not subject to monopolies and was relatively lightly regulated and taxed. The investment structure was highly international, as Portugal and northwestern Europe exchanged communities of merchants who were mobile and inter-imperial in both their composition and organization. This conclusion challenges an imperial or mercantilist perspective of the Atlantic economy in its earliest phases.
Christopher Ebert, PhD (2004) in History, Columbia University, is Assistant Professor of history at Brooklyn College, CUNY. He has published on trade between colonial Brazil and the Dutch Republic and continues to research early Atlantic societies and economies.
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1. Introduction
2. Portuguese Trade with Northwestern Europe
3. Sugar, Institutions and Politics
4. Merchants and Merchant Networks
5. The Cost of Shipping
6. Transactions and Risk Management
7. Illegal Trade
8. Supply, Demand, Prices and Profi tability
Conclusion
Appendix A. The Transatlantic System: Ports and Routes in Brazil, Portugal and the Atlantic Islands
Appendix B. Portugal and the Dutch Republic in Baltic Trade
Appendix C. Freight Charges
Bibliography and Sources
Index
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Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Portuguese Trade with Northwestern Europe
3. Sugar, Institutions and Politics
4. Merchants and Merchant Networks
5. The Cost of Shipping
6. Transactions and Risk Management
7. Illegal Trade
8. Supply, Demand, Prices and Profi tability
Conclusion
Appendix A. The Transatlantic System: Ports and Routes in Brazil, Portugal and the Atlantic Islands
Appendix B. Portugal and the Dutch Republic in Baltic Trade
Appendix C. Freight Charges
Bibliography and Sources
Index
All those interested in the early-modern economies of Europe, Latin America and the Atlantic World, as well as the histories of trade, the Dutch Republic, Portugal and Brazil.