Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs, 1580--1640 by Professor James C Boyajian ISBN 13: 9780801844058

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. FINE, VIRTUALLY AS NEW, IN FINE DUST JACKET. A very pretty copy of a first printing.

Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801844053 . Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1992). First Edition. Large 8vo. xvii,456pp, Index, Bibliography, Glossary. Brown cloth. Fine condition in fine dj. Private Portuguese merchants invested heavily in Asian trade in spices and luxury items, even exceeding the far larger Dutch East Indian Company. ISBN 0801844053; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 456 pages .

John Hopkins Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dustwrapper slightly creased. Books are sent promptly by First Class Mail.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1993 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 0.7 kg.; 16 x 23.5 cm.; 356 pages .; Used with minor signs of wear. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; While Spanish traders of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were mining the riches of the New World, the Portuguese continued to reap the lucrative Asian trade in spices and luxury items. Historians have long considered the Portuguese trade the exclusive enterprise of the kings of Portugal and a few privileged aristocrats, with only minimal participation by private merchants. But in fact, argues James C. Boyajian, actual capital investments by private Portuguese merchants were roughly ten times those of the Portuguese crown - and even exceed those of the far larger Dutch East India Company. In Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs, Boyajian reassesses the consequences of Portugal's flourishing private trade with Asia,… Read More

London: The John Hopkins University Press , 1993. 1st Edition. Brown Boards. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. 356pp. A super copy. There is a light bump and a slight bump to each corner at the tail of the spine. Fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped. There is slight creasing and a couple of slight niks to the head of the spine of the wrapper, expertly repaired, barley noticeable.Clean and tight. A near fine copy.