From Cloth to Iron. The Anglo Baltic trade in the late seventeenth century. Part I, The growth, structure and organisation of trade. Part II, The customs accounts as sources for the study of trade

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Deals with England's trade with the Baltic in the 17th century based on an analysis of Customs Accounts [Port Books] re ship movements, cargoes, owners of cargoes, and on consideration of the structure and organisation of the trade. Sections include: bilateral pattern of trade; break up of the old trading system; multinational pattern of trade - goods and routes; multinational pattern of trade - methods of payment; 'English factors in the Swedish trade area' [pp122-52]; 'English Baltic merchants and their organisation' [pp153-200]. Part II considers the nature of the Customs Accounts and their interpretation