'British mercantile enterprise overseas in the nineteenth century. The example of James Lyle Mackay, first Earl of Inchcape' in S Fisher (ed), Studies in British Privateering, Trading Enterprise and Seamen's Welfare, 1775-1900

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Author(s) Jones, Stephanie
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1987
Pages pp79-97
Publisher Exeter University
Place Published Exeter

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Name General trading cos

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the 'merchants and traders who helped establish a network of overseas bases and developed the necessary international infrastructure' for the conduct of trade by British merchants. Considers this through a case study of Lord Inchcape