"Les agents économiques et le déclin hollandais en Méditerranée entre 1763 et 1780. Un inter bellum décisif à Smyrne ?"

International audience ; This study is based on 478 cargo manifests of Dutch ships, originating from or bound for Smyrna. Despite the difficulties experienced by Dutch commercial houses, ships flying the flag of the Dutch Republic always played an important role in trade at the Anatolian port. Mindful of the advantages of secure transport and freedom of trade with the Dutch Republic, Ottoman merchants gave favorable exchange rates for the provisioning of Dutch ships. The captains from Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in a climate alternating between cooperation and competition, also sought to benefit... Mehr ...