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Genoese Entrepreneurship and the Asiento Slave Trade, 1650–1700 book cover

1st Edition

Genoese Entrepreneurship and the Asiento Slave Trade, 1650–1700

By Alejandro García-Montón Copyright 2022
310 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

310 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

310 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explains how Genoese entrepreneurs transformed the structures of global trade during the second half of the seventeenth century. The author reconstructs the business network built by the Genoese merchant Domenico Grillo between the 1650s and the 1680s. Grillo’s business interests stretched from the Mediterranean to Pacific South America, traversing and joining the Spanish, Dutch, and... Read more

Introduction

1. From Mediterranean Galleys to the Transatlantic Slave Trade: The Tale of the Grillo Family

2. Resiliency and Adaptation: Genoese Entrepreneurs During the 17th Century

3. A New Business Model for the Atlantic World: Monopolistic Asientos and the Slave Trade to Spanish America

4. The Backbone of the Asiento: Factors, Ships’ Captains and Judges

5. Penetrating the Dutch and the English Atlantic: Slaves, Merchandise and Trans-imperial Entanglements

6. Implementing the Asiento and Smuggling: A Perspective from the Isthmus of Panama and Pacific South America

7. Genoa: A Mediterranean Hub for Overseas Entrepreneurs

Epilogue

Biography

Alejandro García-Montón is a Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación fellow at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain.

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