This book explains how Genoese entrepreneurs transformed the structures of global trade
during the second half of the seventeenth century. The author reconstructs the business …

This article analyzes the business organisation and activities of Genoese naval
entrepreneurs who managed galleys for the Spanish Empire in the late sixteenth and early …

El estudio de las Drassanes Reials es una línea de investigación clásica y obligada para el
Museu Marítim de Barcelona, una institución ubicada en un arsenal medieval y moderno …

Little after the famous battle of Lepanto (1571), the Spanish monarchy focused its attention
and most of its resources on fighting the Protestants of the Atlantic sphere, turning the …

The present chapter provides a thorough examination of the Republic of Genoa's maritime
postal system between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Under the control of the …

El presente artículo pretende explorar, insertándose en los debates en relación con el
contractor state y la persistencia del sector privado en el negocio de la guerra, la función …

Este artículo reconstruye la formación y evolución de las escuadras de galeras que los
asentistas genoveses gestionaron por cuenta de la Monarquía Hispánica desde las guerras …

Drawing on merchant letters and account books of military entrepreneurs, whose role in
slave markets is still poorly understood, this article explores the Mediterranean activities of …

The long and exhausting Mediterranean Holy War, whose climax was the spectacular battle
of Lepanto (1571), demanded the constant investment of a massive amount of human …