British shipping in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars : : the untold story of a successful adaptation / / by Katerina Galani.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Maritime History, Volume 4
• VerfasserIn: Galani, Katerina,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in maritime history ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 pages) :; illustrations.

In British shipping in the Mediterranean Katerina Galani investigates the impact of the French and Napoleonic wars on British maritime economic activity. Due to the close cooperation of the public and private sector at sea, the British adopted flexible business strategies to mitigate economic warfare and sustain shipping and trade in the Mediterranean. The book offers a comprehensive approach by combining the study of international relations, ports, ships, business organisation, deep-sea voyages and intra-Mediterranean navigation. Katerina Galani conceptualises the Mediterranean as an economic entity and she insightfully examines, for the first time, free traders along with the chartered Levant Company . Her analysis draws upon a unique collection of British and Mediterranean sources to construct a multifaceted view of British maritime activity.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The End of the ‘Long 18th Century’ in the Mediterranean: An Overview -- Charting British Sea Routes in the Mediterranean -- British Shipping on the Micro-Scale: From Long-Distance to Short-Distance Hauls -- An Age of Transition for British Shipping: Institutional and Organisational Shifts -- How Profitable a Business was it After All? -- Levant Company: The Institutional Branch of British Shipping in the Mediterranean -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.