Contents

pp iii-iv

Contributors

pp v-viii

Preface

pp ix-x

CONTRIBUTIONS

“Introduction”

pp 1-14

“The Gaigneur Clan in the Seventeenth-Century Canada Trade”

pp 15-52

“Credit, Risk and Reputation in Late Seventeenth- Century Colonial Trade”

pp 53-74

“The Huguenot Diaspora and the Development of the Atlantic Economy: Huguenots and the Growth of the South Carolina Economy, 1680-1775”

pp 75-106

“Breaching the Mercantile Barriers of the Dutch Colonial Empire: North American Trade with Surinam during the Eighteenth Century”

pp 107-132

“A Scottish Venture in the Newfoundland Fish Trade, 1726-1727”

pp 133-154

“The Consolidation of Bilbao as a Trade Centre in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century”

pp 155-174

“Cutting Out The Middleman? American Trade In Northern Europe, 1783-1815”

pp 175-198

“A Vital Link in Wartime: The Organization of a Trade and Shipping Network Between the United States and Bordeaux, 1793-1815”

pp 199-220

“The Challenge of War on Maritime Trade in the North Atlantic: The Case of the British Trade to Iceland During the Napoleonic Wars”

pp 221-258

“Merchant Organization and Maritime Trade in the North Atlantic, 1660-1815: Some Reflections”

pp 259-267