Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa : empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674

Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa : empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674 / by Filipa Ribeiro da Silva.

By looking at Dutch and Portuguese systems of settlement and trade in Western Africa, this book sheds new light on the formation of Dutch and Portuguese imperial frames, forms of commercial organisation and their role on the seventeenth-century-Atlantic.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silva, Filipa Ribeiro da, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 22.
Subjects:
To 1884
Portuguese > Africa, West > History.
Dutch > Africa, West > History.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Discoveries in geography > Dutch
Discoveries in geography > Portuguese
Dutch
Economics
Netherlandish colonies
Portuguese
Portuguese colonies
Kolonialisme.
Nederlanders.
Portugezen.
Handel.
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.
Africa
West Africa
West-Afrika.
dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Building Atlantic empires: the Dutch and the Portuguese models of settlement in western Africa: Building Institutions. Sending people: labour migration and forced labour. Shaping colonial societies
  • Part II. Western Africa in the Dutch and the Portuguese Atlantic economies: the concept of "Atlantic system" and the study of interactions between states, companies and private merchants: Sailing in African waters: coastal areas and hinterland. Struggling for the Atlantic: the inter-continental trade. Doing business with western Africa: private investors, agency and commercial network
  • Conclusion: new insights on Dutch-Portuguese rivalries in the Atlantic.

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