International commerce in 1784
/We can (re)interpret the significance of international merchandise in the 18th century Amsterdam from the Naamregister of 1784. Almost 10% of the listings in the book indicate some hints (27 different locations) showing inclusion in the international economy. A few of them proves the female presence in it as well with imports and exports from/to not only within Europe (e.g., Germany, Portugal) but also with remote destinations such as West Indies, Moscow and Levant. The first map below is an animated visualisation of the international commercial relations of female merchants whereas the second covers male presence.
There are a number of entries in the listing as non-local products (e.g., Spanish wool, Turkish carpets), some of which does not explicitly cover any hint as import/export (e.g., Spain, Levant). This visualisations excludes such listings.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Work in progress. OCR conversion by Leon van Wissen from CREATE Amsterdam, data cleaning by Demi Tuijp, data structuring, extraction and geo-visualisation by Gamze Saygi.
