English trade with the East at a time of change: Captain Richard Etherington’s voyages and networking in the maritime world in the late seventeenth century

• F. Andrew Smith ^[1] ; Sue Paul ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Adelaide

     University of Adelaide

     Australia

     
  2. [2] Cambridgeshire, UK
• Localización: International journal of maritime history, ISSN 0843-8714, Vol. 34, Nº. 2, 2022, págs. 225-243
• Idioma: inglés
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  • At the end of the seventeenth century, the trade monopoly of the English East India Company was increasingly under threat, both in England and overseas. This article describes voyages to India and the East Indies between 1688 and 1699 by ships com- manded by Richard Etherington. Firstly, he commanded a ship chartered by the East India Company for a voyage to India, the outcome of which was shipwreck. After events in England that significantly affected the East India Company’s future, he commanded a ship chartered by private merchants, voyaging to Borneo and then, rather unusually, on to Timor. English and Dutch archival sources have been put together to illustrate Etherington’s voyages in relation to the various issues that influenced English trade, and also the small world of maritime and mercantile activities in the region at the time.