The Loss of the "Trades Increase" : An Early Modern Maritime Catastrophe /

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Was it the Titanic of its age?Christened by an optimistic King James I in December 1609, the Trades Increase was the greatest English merchant vessel of the Jacobean era-a magnificent ship embodying the hopes of the nascent East India Company to claim a commanding share of the Eastern trade. But the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barbour, Richmond (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:Haney Foundation Series
Temas:
History-United States.
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century.
American History.
American Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • A Note on the Title
  • Abbreviations of Major Primary Sources
  • Introduction. The Charter Generation of the London East India Company
  • Chapter 1. The Construction and Launch of the Trades Increase, 1609
  • Chapter 2. From England to Arabia Felix
  • Chapter 3. Captivity in Yemen
  • Chapter 4. To India and Back Again
  • Chapter 5. Corporate Strife in the Red Sea
  • Chapter 6. The Final Transit
  • Chapter 7. Catastrophe in Bantam
  • Chapter 8. Controversy over the East Indian Trade, 1615
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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