Venetian Shipping from the Days of Glory to Decline, 1453–1571: Brill's Studies in Maritime History, cartea 10
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004398160
ISBN-10: 9004398163
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Brill's Studies in Maritime History
ISBN-10: 9004398163
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Brill's Studies in Maritime History
Cuprins
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 Structure
2 Caution
3 Editorial Matters
4 Currencies
1 Venice’s Privilege-Based Merchant Marine
1 Ship Registries and the San Marco Flag
2 Ships with Privileges and Those Without
2 The Corridors of Power: Venice’s Maritime Authorities
1 The Major State Authorities
2 Executive Authorities Involved in Commercial Shipping
3 The Enforcement of Sea Laws Overseas
3 The Protagonists: The Division of Ships into Classes and Groups
1 Ship Classes and Privileged-Based Ship Groups
2 The Carrack-Type Round Ship
3 Other Types of Vessels
4 Volume, Size, and Loading Lines
1 The botte and Other Units of Capacity
2 Overall and Partial Capacities of Vessels
3 Techniques to Calculate a Ship’s Capacity
4 The Relative Capacity of the Hold
5 Calculating the Carrying Capacity by Using Stowage Factors
6 The stimadori and the Administration
5 ‘Safety First’: Rules for the Safety and Security at Sea
1 Regulations against Overloading and Overcrowding
2 The Military Potential
3 The Quota of Professional Mariners and Crew on Board
4 The Quota of Professional Soldiers
5 Arms and Artillery Requirements
6 Convoys of Merchant Ships (conserva)
7 Mandatory Pilotage Services
8 Venetian Safety Standards for Hawsers, Cordage, and Anchors
6 Navigating Fiscal Chaos
1 The Vicissitudes of the Imposts on Ships
2 Duties on Ships in the Port of Venice
3 Negotiating Fiscal Privileges and Tax Concessions
4 The Tax Burden and the Incentive Structure It Gave Rise To
7 From Forming to Dissolving a Shipping Company
1 The Organizational Structure of the Shipping Enterprise
2 Insuring Ship and Freightage
3 Settling the Accounts
4 The Unloading Procedure in Venice’s Port
8 Ship Biographies
1 The nave grossa Marcella, 1496–1503
2 Riding Out the Storm: The Biography of the Ship Dolfina, 1525–29
3 The Short History of the Priula, 1545–47
9 The Lifespan and Life-Cycle of Mediterranean Ships
1 Shipworms and the Maintenance of Wooden Vessels
2 Life-Expectancy Estimates
3 The Economic Viability of Round Ships
4 Costs of Construction, and the Depreciation of Value of Wooden Vessels
10 Can We Assess Profitability?
1 The Services Provided by the Shipping Industry
2 Sustaining a Liner Service against the Backdrop of Cargo Imbalance
3 The Role of the State in Providing Freights for Its Round Ships
4 Profits from Freightage and the ufficiali all’estraordinario
5 Was Shipping a Long-Term Profitable Business?
11 Fortunes Begin to Ebb, 1453–89
1 The Golden Age of Shipping, c. 1423–32
2 The Shipping Markets Following the Fall of Constantinople
3 The War That Triggered the Downturn, 1463–79
4 Shipping Fails to Rally in Response to Emerging New Realities, 1480–89
5 The Eclipse of Venice’s Oceanic Sea Lanes
12 The Roaring Nineties and the War with the Turks, 1490–1502
1 A Positive Trend in Shipping during the Last Decade of the 15th Century
2 The Merchant Marine c. July–August 1499: The War Effort
3 The Detrimental Effects of the War with the Turks on Shipping, 1499–1502
13 Venetian Shipping in Crisis, 1503–26
1 Venice’s Levant Trade in the First Quarter of the 16th Century
2 Dwindling Traffic in Port and the Loss of Hegemony over the Adriatic Sea
3 The Liberalization of Maritime Transport in the Western Mediterranean
4 ‘Venice Is Drying Up’
14 A Period of Stagnation, 1527–40
1 The Effects of a Rise in Natural Disasters on Shipping, 1527–33
2 The Shipping Reform Act of 1534/5
15 The Emergence of New Players in Maritime Transport, 1541–71
1 Regaining Momentum: Shipping and Trade Undergoing Liberalization
2 A New Golden Age or an Indian Summer?
3 The New Protagonists in Shipping and Trade
4 Digest of Tables and Graphs
Conclusions 356
1 The Aggregation of Vessels Hoisting the San Marco Flag
2 Resiliency or Decline?
3 Deforestation Was Not a Major Factor
4 The Agency of Environmental Factors in Venice’s Decline
5 Could the Senators Have Steered towards a Different Ending?
Appendix A: Snapshots of Venice’s Merchant Marine, 1480–1558
Appendix B: Estimates of the Size of Four Colonial Fleets, c. 1499
Appendix C: The Itinerary and Life Expectancy of Selected Round Ships
Appendix D: The Cost of Construction and the Value of Wooden Vessels
Appendix E: Net Incomes from Freights Transferred by the Cashier of the Estraordinario
Appendix F: Gross Incomes from Freights
Sources and Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 Structure
2 Caution
3 Editorial Matters
4 Currencies
part 1: The Legal, Executive, and Judicial Framework
1 Venice’s Privilege-Based Merchant Marine
1 Ship Registries and the San Marco Flag
2 Ships with Privileges and Those Without
2 The Corridors of Power: Venice’s Maritime Authorities
1 The Major State Authorities
2 Executive Authorities Involved in Commercial Shipping
3 The Enforcement of Sea Laws Overseas
3 The Protagonists: The Division of Ships into Classes and Groups
1 Ship Classes and Privileged-Based Ship Groups
2 The Carrack-Type Round Ship
3 Other Types of Vessels
4 Volume, Size, and Loading Lines
1 The botte and Other Units of Capacity
2 Overall and Partial Capacities of Vessels
3 Techniques to Calculate a Ship’s Capacity
4 The Relative Capacity of the Hold
5 Calculating the Carrying Capacity by Using Stowage Factors
6 The stimadori and the Administration
5 ‘Safety First’: Rules for the Safety and Security at Sea
1 Regulations against Overloading and Overcrowding
2 The Military Potential
3 The Quota of Professional Mariners and Crew on Board
4 The Quota of Professional Soldiers
5 Arms and Artillery Requirements
6 Convoys of Merchant Ships (conserva)
7 Mandatory Pilotage Services
8 Venetian Safety Standards for Hawsers, Cordage, and Anchors
6 Navigating Fiscal Chaos
1 The Vicissitudes of the Imposts on Ships
2 Duties on Ships in the Port of Venice
3 Negotiating Fiscal Privileges and Tax Concessions
4 The Tax Burden and the Incentive Structure It Gave Rise To
part 2: Shipping Enterprise and the World of Round Ships
7 From Forming to Dissolving a Shipping Company
1 The Organizational Structure of the Shipping Enterprise
2 Insuring Ship and Freightage
3 Settling the Accounts
4 The Unloading Procedure in Venice’s Port
8 Ship Biographies
1 The nave grossa Marcella, 1496–1503
2 Riding Out the Storm: The Biography of the Ship Dolfina, 1525–29
3 The Short History of the Priula, 1545–47
9 The Lifespan and Life-Cycle of Mediterranean Ships
1 Shipworms and the Maintenance of Wooden Vessels
2 Life-Expectancy Estimates
3 The Economic Viability of Round Ships
4 Costs of Construction, and the Depreciation of Value of Wooden Vessels
10 Can We Assess Profitability?
1 The Services Provided by the Shipping Industry
2 Sustaining a Liner Service against the Backdrop of Cargo Imbalance
3 The Role of the State in Providing Freights for Its Round Ships
4 Profits from Freightage and the ufficiali all’estraordinario
5 Was Shipping a Long-Term Profitable Business?
part 3: ‘Venetian Shipping during the Commercial Revolution’ Reconsidered
11 Fortunes Begin to Ebb, 1453–89
1 The Golden Age of Shipping, c. 1423–32
2 The Shipping Markets Following the Fall of Constantinople
3 The War That Triggered the Downturn, 1463–79
4 Shipping Fails to Rally in Response to Emerging New Realities, 1480–89
5 The Eclipse of Venice’s Oceanic Sea Lanes
12 The Roaring Nineties and the War with the Turks, 1490–1502
1 A Positive Trend in Shipping during the Last Decade of the 15th Century
2 The Merchant Marine c. July–August 1499: The War Effort
3 The Detrimental Effects of the War with the Turks on Shipping, 1499–1502
13 Venetian Shipping in Crisis, 1503–26
1 Venice’s Levant Trade in the First Quarter of the 16th Century
2 Dwindling Traffic in Port and the Loss of Hegemony over the Adriatic Sea
3 The Liberalization of Maritime Transport in the Western Mediterranean
4 ‘Venice Is Drying Up’
14 A Period of Stagnation, 1527–40
1 The Effects of a Rise in Natural Disasters on Shipping, 1527–33
2 The Shipping Reform Act of 1534/5
15 The Emergence of New Players in Maritime Transport, 1541–71
1 Regaining Momentum: Shipping and Trade Undergoing Liberalization
2 A New Golden Age or an Indian Summer?
3 The New Protagonists in Shipping and Trade
4 Digest of Tables and Graphs
Conclusions 356
1 The Aggregation of Vessels Hoisting the San Marco Flag
2 Resiliency or Decline?
3 Deforestation Was Not a Major Factor
4 The Agency of Environmental Factors in Venice’s Decline
5 Could the Senators Have Steered towards a Different Ending?
Appendix A: Snapshots of Venice’s Merchant Marine, 1480–1558
Appendix B: Estimates of the Size of Four Colonial Fleets, c. 1499
Appendix C: The Itinerary and Life Expectancy of Selected Round Ships
Appendix D: The Cost of Construction and the Value of Wooden Vessels
Appendix E: Net Incomes from Freights Transferred by the Cashier of the Estraordinario
Appendix F: Gross Incomes from Freights
Sources and Bibliography
Index
Notă biografică
Renard Gluzman, Ph.D. (2018), Tel-Aviv University, is an eager sea dog and research fellow at the Haifa Center for Mediterranean History (HCMH). His publications deal with legislative, operative, and economic aspects of shipping in early-modern Venice and the Mediterranean.