Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs, 1580 -1640.

List of Tables ix Preface xi A Note on Spelling, Usage, and Currency xvii Introduction Portugal's Asian Enterprise to 1580 1 Chapter 1 The "Prudent" King as Merchant-King, 1580 1598 18 Chapter 2 The Private Trade of the Carreira da India, 1580-1598 29 Chapter 3 A Complex Relationship: Carreira and Casado Trade, 1580-1598 53 Chapter 4 The Royal Monopoly and the Advent of European Competition on the Cape Route, 1599-1619 86 Chapter 5 Private and Company Trade 106 Chapter 6 The Zenith of the Carreira Trade, 1599-1619 128 Chapter 7 The Struggle for Asian Trade, 1599-1619 146 Chapter 8 Trade, Inquisition, and Economic Growth and Stagnation in Portugal 166 Chapter 9 War and Experimentation with the Cape Monopoly, 1620-1640 185 Chapter 10 Crisis of the Carreira da India, 1620-1640 202 Chapter 11 Private Trade in Asia: New Pressures, New Alternatives, 1620-1640 220 Conclusion Portugal's Asian Enterprise in 1640 241 Appendix A Some Manifests of Carreira Shipping, ca. 1580-1640 247 Appendix B Investors in the Carreira da India, 1580-1640 254 Abbreviations 259 Notes 261 Glossary 319 Bibliography 327 Index 339