Galway Merchants in the Early Modern World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781387943159)

From the earliest settlement of the Norman soldiers and merchants, Galway built on its' French relations and, indeed, families. These merchants set themselves to building a commodity of commerce and the means to further prepare it for market. They used their families and marriages to create a network of trained reliable workers. From the planting, to the winnowing and grinding, to ship owning, insuring, sailing as cargo agents, and as purchasers they extended this network from Ireland to the European continent to the Caribbean to Atlantic American colonies. Throughout a period scarred by two English wars (James I, Charles I, Cromwell, and Charles II) they displayed creativity in retaining all the means of their wealth from within and without Ireland.

Author: C. Frederick
ISBN-10: 1387943154
ISBN-13: 9781387943159
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2021
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d