Private Enterprise and the China Trade Merchants and Markets in Europe, 1700-1750

• Main Author: von Brescius, Meike (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2022
• Subjects: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; auctions; Cadiz; Canton; Chinese export wares; East India Companies; global history; interlopers; maritime logistics; money markets; Scots; smuggling; speculation; supercargoes; tea trade; transnational trade
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book examines the European commercial landscape of the early China trade, c.1700-1750. It looks at the foundational period of Sino-European commerce and explores a world of private enterprise beneath the surface of the official East India Company structures. Using rich private trade records, it...