Anglo-Dutch mercantile marine relations 1700-1850 : ten papers

Papers presented at the maritime history symposium held in Amsterdam in October 1990. Contains the following papers: The Transfer of Technology between Britain and the Netherlands 1700-1850 by C A Davids; Developments in Shipbuilding and Ship Construction: the case of the East Indiaman 'Amsterdam' (1748) by Pieter van Overbeek; Developments in Ship Propulsion 1700-1850 by Fred M Walker; The Changing Structure of British Trade, Shipping and Ports (1700-1850) by Gordon Jackson; Made to Measure? A Comparative Approach to the System and Costs of English and Dutch Shipping to Asia in the 18th Century by Ingrid G Dillo; Ownership and Finance during the 18th Century: Ship-owning in Friesland by Rienk S Wegener Sleeswyk; Ownership and Finance 1820-1850: The Case of Ireland by Freda Harcourt; Personnel of the Dutch and English Mercantile Marine (1700-1850) by P C van Royen; 'A Period of Transition': Personnel in the British Mercantile Marine in the First Half of the 19th Century by David M Williams; The Female Side of Dutch Shipping: Financial Bonds of Seamen Ashore in the 17th and 18th Centuries by Marc A van Alphen.