S. 10. 3. – Commodity Chains and the Development of Early Modern Ports
Chair: Cátia Antunes (Leiden University)
Discussant: Tamira Combrink (Leiden University)
- Miguel Rodrigues (European University Institute) – Fueling the machine: The role of Iberian slaving ports for the integration of South Atlantic commodity chains (16th-17th centuries)
- Germán Jiménez Montes (University of Seville) – Bargaining for grain and timber: how Seville’s trade with Northern Europe expanded during the Eighty Years’ war
- Chris Nierstrasz (Erasmus University Amesterdam) – Canton and the impact of long-distance commodity-chains on its port, its hinterland and the wider Southeast Asian economy (1700-1800)