RT Article
T1 Silver and the Dutch Revolt: The Obsession with Spanish Silver in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Atlantic
JF The sixteenth century journal
VO 51
IS 2
SP 503
OP 511
A1 Klooster, Wim 1962-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1751489574
AB The article discusses the relations between the Netherlands and Spain during the Dutch War of Independence and throughout the seventeenth century, focusing on Dutch efforts to garner hard currency in the form of Spanish silver from their colonies. It discusses the Netherlands burgeoning international trade during the period, smuggling, the West India Company and its attacks on Spanish Atlantic trade vessels, and the Dutch East India Company.
K1 Dutch Wars of Independence, 1568-1648
K1 Early Modern History
K1 International Trade
K1 NEDERLANDSCHE Oost-Indische Cie
K1 Netherlands; Foreign relations
K1 Silver
K1 Spain; Foreign relations; 1516-1700
K1 West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)