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
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
Conclusion: new insights on Dutch-Portuguese rivalries in the Atlantic.
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Dutch and Portuguese in Western Africa : empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674 by Filipa Ribeiro da Silva. ISBN 9789004201514. Published by Brill in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
