Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa
Subtitle: empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674
By: by Filipa Ribeiro da Silva
Series: Atlantic world -- v. 22; Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) -- v. 22.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9789004201514
Subjects: Portuguese; Dutch; Colonies; History; Economic aspects; Discovery and exploration
Notes: Thesis (doctoral)--Leiden, Universiteit, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Building Atlantic empires: the Dutch and the Portuguese models of settlement in western Africa: Building Institutions. Sending people: labour migration and forced labour. Shaping colonial societies; title: Part II. Western Africa in the Dutch and the Portuguese Atlantic economies: the concept of "Atlantic system" and the study of interactions between states, companies and private merchants: Sailing in African waters: coastal areas and hinterland. Struggling for the Atlantic: the inter-continental trade. Doing business with western Africa: private investors, agency and commercial network; title: Conclusion: new insights on Dutch-Portuguese rivalries in the Atlantic.