History 285 Class Notes
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Aristocrats in southern Europe funded engineers
Dutch commerce expanded, added a stock market based on commerce
Europeans made complex trade routes; Dutch aimed to be top of commerce
Dutch figured out how to use supply and demand to make their cargo more valuable
Dutch built value into products
The Rhine river allowed for easy trading for the Dutch
Nicolas Witsen- wrote Naval Architecture and Nautical Regimen
Fish were preserved on board, which allowed Dutch to stay out of port and fish more
The Dutch Fluytschip had a narrow small deck so tax inspectors would be a lot more
difficult to estimate cargo for taxes
The Dutch East India Company was a trading company
Amsterdam Commodity Exchange basically set the price or international trade goods
1630’s Tulip Bubble when tulips skyrocketed in a couple months then dropped in value
in a week
Traffic, not manufacturing- Sugar, papermaking, tobacco
Commerce and technology relationship helped to advance shipping