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Comparative Technologies, Comparative Organizations: Dutch vs Portuguese Maritime Trade in the Ea... more Comparative Technologies, Comparative Organizations: Dutch vs Portuguese Maritime Trade in the Early 17 th Century. " For it seems a wonder to the world, that such a small country, not fully so big as two of our best shires, having little natural wealth, victuals, timber or other necessary ammunitions, either for war or peace, should notwithstanding possess them all in such extraordinary plenty… " Thomas Mun (qtd in Israel, Dutch Primacy 12-13) Both the Dutch and the Portuguese developed and managed complex, global networks of maritime exchange during the 16 th and 17 th centuries. A comparison of the technologies employed by their merchant fleets, the organized systems of management directing their trading enterprises, and the ideological and political context of the era of their respective formation uncovers significant differences between them. Both systems thrived, and both systems survived
Comparative Technologies, Comparative Organizations: Dutch vs Portuguese Maritime Trade in the Ea... more Comparative Technologies, Comparative Organizations: Dutch vs Portuguese Maritime Trade in the Early 17 th Century. " For it seems a wonder to the world, that such a small country, not fully so big as two of our best shires, having little natural wealth, victuals, timber or other necessary ammunitions, either for war or peace, should notwithstanding possess them all in such extraordinary plenty… " Thomas Mun (qtd in Israel, Dutch Primacy 12-13) Both the Dutch and the Portuguese developed and managed complex, global networks of maritime exchange during the 16 th and 17 th centuries. A comparison of the technologies employed by their merchant fleets, the organized systems of management directing their trading enterprises, and the ideological and political context of the era of their respective formation uncovers significant differences between them. Both systems thrived, and both systems survived