Tuscan and Genoese Aspirations to Transoceanic Trade (17th Century)

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73509-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 48, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: European Expansion and Indigenous Response

Many small, early modern European states tried to follow in the footsteps of their bigger neighbours and expand beyond the oceans. Tuscan and Genoese Aspirations to Transoceanic Trade (17th Century) traces the little-known history of two of these states: the Republic of Genoa and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.These two old and prestigious commercial centres found themselves gradually displaced over the 17th century as the centre of gravity of the European economy moved away from the Mediterranean. In an attempt to combat this, Genoese and Florentine elites collected information and reviewed projects, established joint-stock companies, and sent ships to East Asia and the Americas. While their plans failed, their vicissitudes illustrate the mechanisms that stood behind European expansion overseas, and how its results differed widely from expectations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tosco, Giorgio

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Über Autor(innen)

Giorgio Tosco, Ph.D. (2020), European University Institute, is Research Fellow at the University of Trier, in Germany. He has published several articles and book chapters on early modern trade, with a particular focus on Italy and the Atlantic world.