The Same but Different?: Inter-cultural Trade and the Sephardim, 1595-1640

Introduction Chapter I: Inter-culturality and the Sephardim Chapter II: Diaspora, Migration, and the Foundations of Inter-cultural Trade Chapter III: Merchants at Work: Opportunity, Integration, and Innovation Chapter IV: Networks in Action Chapter V: The Importance of the Occasional Chapter VI - The 1602 Sugar Confiscation - A Case Study in Inter-cultural Lobbying and Influence Chapter VII: The Same but Different Concluding remarks and avenues for further research Appendix 1: Largest Shippers to the Mediterranean, 1590-1620 Appendix 2: Associates of Manoel Rodrigues Vega, 1597-1613 Appendix 3: Associates of Manoel Carvalho, 1602-1636 Appendix 4: Associates of Bento Osorio, 1610-1640 Appendix 5: Dutch signatories of the 1602 petition to the burgomasters of Amsterdam and their relationships with Sephardic merchants Appendix 6: Data Analysis - Methods and Conclusions