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The Duchy of Courland's Colonial Networks: Seventeenth Century Encounters from the Baltic to the Atlantic

The Duchy of Courland's Colonial Networks: Seventeenth Century Encounters from the Baltic to the Atlantic

Freeman, John

Paperback

Baltic HistoryGeneral World History

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 22, 2026

ISBN10: 9048575540
ISBN13: 9789048575541
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: Dec 22 2026
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Duchy of Courland, a vassal of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Eastern Baltic, became a brief but unexpected colonial power in the mid-seventeenth century. The dukes of Courland attempted to engage in oceanic trade to improve their fortunes, establishing fortresses in the Caribbean and Western Africa. Histories of the Couronian colonial venture often focus on the figure of Duke Jakob Kettler as an inspired or overambitious innovator. Yet, embarking on such an enterprise required the utilisation of intricate networks stretching across oceans in a range of different contexts and locations. The study investigates the connections, entanglements and ruptures present in this remarkable example of early modern colonisation.

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