Title: The Eastland trade and the common weal in the seventeenth century.
Authors: Hinton, Raymond William King.
Publisher: University Press,
Year: 1959
Subjects: Eastland Company.; Great Britain Commercial policy.
Contents: The expansion of the Eastland trade in the 16th century -- The depression of 1620 and the Eastland Company's proclamation of 1620 -- The trade between the depression of 1620 and the depression of 1649 -- The purpose of a regulated company -- Difficulties abroad : the weakness of the English state under Charles I -- The Eastland Company's privileges at home -- The crisis of 1649 and the Navigation Act of 1651 -- The growth of the Navy and the demand for naval stores -- The trade in the second half of the century -- Government policy during the interregnum -- The development of state control after 1660.