'Overseas trade and London merchants' in A L Beier & R Finlay (eds), London, 1500-1700. The making of the metropolis
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- Author(s) Dietz, Brian
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1986
- Pages pp115-40
- Publisher Longmans
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Deals with the impact of overseas trade on the metropolitan economy in three contrasting periods: late 15th to 16th century - concentration on exports of woollen cloth especially by Company of Merchant Adventurers; from mid 16th to mid 17th century - diversification and transactions with markets beyond Europe; from mid 17th century focus on re-exports and extra European markets