Portuguese and Amsterdam Sephardic Merchants in the Tobacco Trade - Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the Early Seventeenth Century

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contraband trade with Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the early seventeenth century as documented in the Engel Sluiter Historical Documents Collection.

List of contents

List of Figures; Preface; Portuguese and Amsterdam Sephardic Merchants in the Tobacco Trade in the Early Seventeenth Century; The Contraband Tobacco Trade with Spanish America: Tierra Firme and Hispaniol; Portuguese Merchants and the Tobacco Trade with Tierra Firme; Portuguese Merchants and the Tobacco Trade with Hispaniola; Conclusion; Bibliographic Notes; Index

About the author

Yda Schreuder is Professor Emerita of Geography at the University of Delaware and Research Associate at the Hagley Museum and Library, USA. She previously published a monograph on Amsterdam's Sephardic merchants and the Atlantic sugar trade in the seventeenth century.

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contraband trade with Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the early seventeenth century as documented in the Engel Sluiter Historical Documents Collection.

Product details

• Authors: Yda Schreuder, Schreuder Yda
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781785278280
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-828-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, History of the Americas, The Engel Sluiter