The Changing Geography of Demand for Dutch Maritime Transport in the Eighteenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6148063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Werner Scheltjens (0000-0002-5209-9052, University of Groningen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 3-48 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Histoire & Mesure (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0982-1783 • E-ISSN: 1957-7745 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/histoiremesure.4530 |
| OpenAlex | W1814776945 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper studies the relationship between shipping, merchant business and product supply and demand from an economic-geographical perspective. The case study of grain transportation in the eighteenth century shows that it is established that structural changes in supply and demand led to the emergence of new transportation routes, provoking a shift from a bilateral trade pattern to a diversified pattern involving many locations, none of which were strictly dominant. An attempt is made to explain the effects of these changes on the structure of the Dutch maritime transport sector. Three spatial developments are singled out: (1) a movement from the Dutch North-Western coastline further inland to communities in Southern Frisia, (2) a shift in the organisation of maritime transport from the demand side (primarily Amsterdam) to the supply side of business (the Baltic) and (3) integration of shipping communities located in the Province of Groningen into the Dutch commercial system
Business · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Product (mathematics · Regional science · Supply and demand · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |