A ‘free trade revolution’ without free ports? Colonial trade, neutral flags, and Indian Ocean networks after the collapse of the VOC, 1795-1807

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Description

By examining the British Prize Papers, we examine how Scandinavian maritime neutrality during the French Revolutionary Wars enabled a unique free trade regime in the East Indies, despite the absence of traditional free ports.
Period2024 Aug 20
Event titleInternational Congress of Maritime History
Event typeConference
Conference number9
LocationBusan, Korea, Republic ofShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • History
  • Economic History

Free keywords

  • Maritime neutrality
  • Free trade
  • Free ports
  • Neutral colours
  • Privateering
  • Dutch East India Company
  • Danish East India Company
  • Colonial markets
  • French Revolutionary Wars
  • Early modern globalisation
  • East Indies

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