Placaet op het stuck van waren en contrabande, en commercie, op 's Vyandt's Landen
's Gravenhage : Paulus Scheltus,
In: Gedrukte en geschreven stukken betreffende den Levantschen handel en de navigatie in de Middellandsche Zee, 1625-1762. Register en 77 stukken [convoluut].
1705
In: Gedrukte en geschreven stukken betreffende den Levantschen handel en de navigatie in de Middellandsche Zee, 1625-1762. Register en 77 stukken [convoluut].
Call number:
AB K 165
The Dutch are especially famous for their trade in the tropics in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but their seaborne empire was also based on a substantial trade with the Mediterranean countries. Because of the great peril for the merchant marine arising from piracy and continuous warfare the merchants organized this trade in a very centralized manner.
In 1625, a Directorate of the Mediterranean trade was established, to last over two hundred years. The directors arranged for convoys, established diplomatic relations with the Ottomans, Venetians and other major powers in the region and were allowed by the States General to levy taxes from the merchants in order to cover the costs.
The Academy Library contains a voluminous collection of 77 partially manuscript, partially printed documents which originated from this Directorate. It is probably composed around 1762 in Amsterdam.
In 1625, a Directorate of the Mediterranean trade was established, to last over two hundred years. The directors arranged for convoys, established diplomatic relations with the Ottomans, Venetians and other major powers in the region and were allowed by the States General to levy taxes from the merchants in order to cover the costs.
The Academy Library contains a voluminous collection of 77 partially manuscript, partially printed documents which originated from this Directorate. It is probably composed around 1762 in Amsterdam.