The loss of the Trades Increase : an early modern maritime catastrophe /

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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barbour, Richmond (Richmond Tyler) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:Haney Foundation series.
Temas:
Trades Increase (Ship)
East India Company > History > 17th century.
East India Company.
1600-1699
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century
Commerce.
Great Britain > Commerce > Asia > History > 17th century.
Asia.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • The Loss of the Trades Increase
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • 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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