Forms of Cooperation between Dutch-Flemish, Sephardim and Portuguese Private Merchants for the Western African Trade within the Formal Dutch and Iberian Atlantic Empires, 1590–1674

This article examines how private merchants based in the Dutch Republic, Portugal, Spain and their imperial spheres of influence joined efforts to reduce risks and maximize profits, developing various forms of cooperation in order to operate within the formal Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish Atlantic e...

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Published in:Portuguese studies 2012, Vol.28 (2), p.159-172
Main Author: Filipa Ribeiro da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business structures
Businesspeople
Generally accepted auditing standards
Insurance industry
Marine insurance
Merchants
Monopoly
Sephardic Jews
Trade
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Summary:This article examines how private merchants based in the Dutch Republic, Portugal, Spain and their imperial spheres of influence joined efforts to reduce risks and maximize profits, developing various forms of cooperation in order to operate within the formal Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish Atlantic empires. Based on extensive and thorough research in the collection of Notarial contracts of the Amsterdam's City Archive, the materials of the Dutch West India Company, travel accounts, and documentation from the Portuguese Inquisition and Portuguese State Papers it looks at the Amsterdam merchant community, in particular their activities in the Atlantic and western Africa between 1590 and 1674.
ISSN:0267-5315
2222-4270
DOI:10.5699/portstudies.28.2.0159