Title Portuguese and Amsterdam's Sephardic merchants in the tobacco trade : Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the early seventeenth century / Yda Schreuder

Published London : Anthem Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 157 pages) : maps (some color) Contents 1. Portuguese and Amsterdam Sephardic Merchants in the Tobacco Trade in the Early Seventeenth Century -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Amsterdam's Colonial Staple Market and Sephardic Merchants -- 1.3 Portuguese and Amsterdam's Sephardic Merchants and the Eighty Years' War -- 1.4 The Portuguese Nation and the Illegal Tobacco Trade -- 1.5 Evidence from the Amsterdam Notary Public Records -- 2. The Contraband Tobacco Trade with Spanish America: Tierra Firme and Hispaniola 2.1 Trade and Navigation between Spain and Its Colonies -- 2.2 The Engel Sluiter Historical Documents Collection -- 2.3 Engel Sluiter's Analysis of the Documents Collection -- 2.4 Tobacco Monopolies and Tariff Systems -- 3. Portuguese Merchants and the Tobacco Trade with Tierra Firme -- 3.1 Contraband and Trade Rivalry in the Eighty Years' War -- 3.2 Salt Winning, Pearl Fishing, and Tobacco Smuggling at Tierra Firme -- 3.3 The Canary Island Connection -- 3.4 Depopulation and Prohibition of Tobacco Cultivation -- 3.5 Smuggling as a Way of Life on Trinidad Island -- 3.6 Unintended Consequences 3.7 Summary and Conclusion -- 4. Portuguese Merchants and the Tobacco Trade with Hispaniola -- 4.1 Political, Economic, and Geographical Context -- 4.2 Portuguese Resident Merchants and Foreign Intruders -- 4.3 Bribery and Corruption among Officials and Administrators -- 4.4 Depopulation and Evacuation Ordered and Dismissed -- 4.5 Portuguese Resident Merchants and the "Nation" -- 4.6 Summary and Conclusion -- 5. Conclusion -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The "Vast Machine" of the Portuguese Nation -- 5.3 Conclusion -- Bibliographic Notes -- Index Summary Portuguese and Amsterdam Sephardic Merchants in the Tobacco Trade is a history of the role of Portuguese and Sephardic merchants in the tobacco industry and trade of Amsterdam. It focuses on the contraband trade with Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the early seventeenth century as documented in the Engel Sluiter Historical Documents Collection Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Desciption based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on April 24, 2023) Subject Tobacco industry -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Sephardim -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Portuguese -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Commerce Portuguese Sephardim Tobacco industry SUBJECT Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Commerce -- History -- 17th century America -- Commerce -- History -- 17th century Subject America Netherlands -- Amsterdam Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1785278304 9781785278297 1785278290 9781785278303

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