Karras, Alan L.Smuggling: Contraband and Corruption in World History. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. This book began as a study of smuggling in the 18th-century Caribbean. Noticing patterns, Karras expanded the geographic scope by making an argument about the impact of smuggling on wo...
The charming seaside town of Deal on the East Kent coast is dripping in history. Julius Caeser landed here in 55BC. Henry VIII built the squat Tudor castle in the shape of a rose on its southern boundary in the 1540s. In the 18th and 19th century, Deal became a notorious centre for ...
In this blog you can explore a few of the stories surrounding smuggling in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly around the remote North Kent area and its connections with London. Previous articles Death of a Riding Officer ...
The microeconomics of bullionism : arbitrage, smuggling and silver outflows in Spain in the early 18th century In the Early Modern period, there was a systematic flow of precious metals from the American colonies to Spain and Portugal and, from there, throughout the... P Noguesmarco - IFCS...
Our long history of illicit imports has ranged from West Indies molasses and Dutch gunpowder in the 18th century, to British industrial technologies and African slaves in the 19th century, to French condoms ... P Andreas - 《Oup Catalogue》 被引量: 29发表: 2014年...
early 19th centuries, smuggling had become a serious problem and many local families were involved to a greater or lesser degree. The Pocock family, who used to run the butcher's shop at the far end of High Street, are known to have been involved in smuggling in the late 18th century. ...
In Port Eynon alone during the early 18th Century there were eight officers on stand by in the village. Derek Draisey's look at the history of Gower stretches back to the Roman In-vasion of Britain in 43AD. He points to evidence … Read...
Meanwhile brother Thomas made a prudent entry into the marine insurance business, at a time when Britain's overseas trade was expanding at a prodigious rate. By the end of the 18th Century they had built up large fortunes. After a serious setback caused by the economic slump in the ...
Although yachts were typical coastal vessels in the 18th and 19th centuries, little is known about the structural development, the rigging and the spread of this type of vessel and its importance for shipping in the western Baltic Sea region. The infestation of the shipwreck with the shipworm ...