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

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 warfar...

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Superior document:Brill's Studies in Maritime History, Volume 4
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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.
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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.