The "mother of all trades": the Baltic grain trade in Amsterdam from late 16th to the early 19th century
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| adam_text | THE MOTHER OF
ALL TRADES
The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam
from the Late 16th to the Early 19th Century
BY
MILJA VAN TIELHOF
168
BRILL
LEIDEN • BOSTON • KOLN
CONTENTS
List of illustrations ix
Lists of tables, graphs, figures, and maps xiii
Preface xvii
INTRODUCTION
1 The mother of all trades 1
2 A global chronology of the Baltic grain trade 5
3 The approach used in this study: the role of
transaction costs 8
4 Structure of the book 13
CHAPTER ONE
Cornelis Pietersz Hooft (1547-1626): booming business in
an age of expansion 15
1 A chronicle of his life 16
2 The business of Cornelis Pietersz Hooft 21
3 Hooft s ideas about economic policy 34
Conclusion 38
CHAPTER TWO
The great waves in the history of Baltic grain exports 40
1 The Sound Toll Tables: the Baltic historian s Bible 40
2 An age of expansion (1540-1650) 43
3 A period of contraction (1650-1760) 50
4 Renewed growth (1760-1800) 58
5 Marginalization (1800-1860) 62
Conclusion 64
CHAPTER THREE
The Amsterdam entrepot 67
1 Amsterdam as an entrepot for Baltic grain 68
2 Bread consumption in the Dutch Republic 81
3 The importance of Baltic grain to the Dutch food
supply 91
4 Politics favouring the entrepot 97
Conclusion 113
VI CONTENTS
CHAPTER FOUR
Market organization and enterprises 116
1 A free market 117
2 Number and size of the enterprises involved in
Baltic trade 120
3 A characterization of the enterprises 128
4 The role of foreign enterprises 136
Conclusion 140
CHAPTER FIVE
Information and agency 143
1 Amsterdam as a centre of information and decision
making 144
2 Post between Holland and the Baltic 156
3 The Dutch mercantile communities overseas 166
Conclusion 179
CHAPTER SIX
The Dutch mercantile marine and transport costs 182
1 Size and composition of the Dutch merchant fleet 183
2 Competitiveness and profitability of Dutch shipping 192
3 Determinants of freight costs in the long run:
the character of the Baltic trade as an inner trade 197
4 Determinants of freight costs in the short run 208
5 War and peace as determinants of freight costs 213
6 The weight of transport costs on profit margins 215
Conclusion 218
CHAPTER SEVEN
Risks at sea and the Board of Baltic Trade and Shipping 220
1 Maritime insurance and other ways to deal with
risks at sea 221
2 A permanent institution to support Baltic trade and
shipping 232
3 Activities of the Board 242
4 The directors 248
Conclusion 252
CONTENTS Vli
CHAPTER EIGHT
The service sector in Amsterdam 255
1 The grain lightermen 256
2 The grain carriers 265
3 The grain measurers and setters 277
4 Storage and maintenance of grain 283
Conclusion 287
CHAPTER NINE
Willem de Clercq (1795-1844): commission business in heavy
weather 291
1 A chronicle of his life 292
2 An analysis of the firm of S amp;P de Clercq 302
3 Willem de Clercq s ideas about trade 312
Conclusion 321
CONCLUSION 324
Appendices 337
A Total Baltic grain exports divided according to sort
of grain, 1562-1795 337
B Baltic rye and wheat exports divided according to port
of departure, 1562-1795 338
C Freight costs 340
Abbreviations 347
Primary sources 348
Bibliography 349
Index 365
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