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Why were Dutch East Indiamen so slow?

The speed of ships is a crucial variable in shipping productivity. Despite the dominance of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Eurasian trade in the early modern era, its ships were generally slower than those of other companies. This article investigates the causes of this gap in shipping speeds...

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Autores principales: Solar, Peter M., de Zwart, Pim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6187854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30369714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0843871417725487