Werner Scheltjens, Ph.D. (2009), is Assistant Professor at the Chair of Social and Economic History at the University of Leipzig. He has published several peer-reviewed articles on maritime history and is project member at Sound Toll Registers Online.

• Preface ... viiList of Illustrations ... xList of Abbreviations ... xivIntroduction ... 1Historiography ... 1Deltas ... 8Sources ... 11Conversion ... 16Name Matching ... 231 Locations ... 27Overview ... 27Rise and Fall ... 30Before 1400 ... 311400–1500 ... 351500–1600 ... 411600–1700 ... 471700–1800 ... 58Conclusions ... 642 Functions ... 66Method ... 66Transport Market Integration ... 72The Port System of the Dutch Deltas in a European Context ... 83Conclusions ... 893 Production ... 91The Production of Grain Transport Services ... 91The Spatial Structure of Grain Transport Services ... 107Group 1 ... 112Group 2 ... 118Group 3 ... 122Conclusions ... 1294 Domiciles ... 131Domicile Ambiguity ... 131Virtual Migration ... 139Conclusions ... 1445 Usances ... 146 Conclusions ... 162Appendices ... 169Appendix to Chapter 1 ... 169Appendix to Chapter 2 ... 224Appendix to Chapter 3 ... 240Appendix to Chapter 4: Domicile Ambiguity Matrix ... 290Bibliography ... 301Archives ... 301Primary Sources ... 301Secondary Literature ... 303Index ... 318

'[The book] is a valuable and original complement to the well-known discourse on Dutch involvement in early modern seaborne trade.'Tijl Vanneste (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), in: Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXX, No. 2, p. 745-747.

Werner Scheltjens, Ph.D. (2009), is Assistant Professor at the Chair of Social and Economic History at the University of Leipzig. He has published several peer-reviewed articles on maritime history and is project member at Sound Toll Registers Online.

• Preface ... viiList of Illustrations ... xList of Abbreviations ... xivIntroduction ... 1Historiography ... 1Deltas ... 8Sources ... 11Conversion ... 16Name Matching ... 231 Locations ... 27Overview ... 27Rise and Fall ... 30Before 1400 ... 311400–1500 ... 351500–1600 ... 411600–1700 ... 471700–1800 ... 58Conclusions ... 642 Functions ... 66Method ... 66Transport Market Integration ... 72The Port System of the Dutch Deltas in a European Context ... 83Conclusions ... 893 Production ... 91The Production of Grain Transport Services ... 91The Spatial Structure of Grain Transport Services ... 107Group 1 ... 112Group 2 ... 118Group 3 ... 122Conclusions ... 1294 Domiciles ... 131Domicile Ambiguity ... 131Virtual Migration ... 139Conclusions ... 1445 Usances ... 146 Conclusions ... 162Appendices ... 169Appendix to Chapter 1 ... 169Appendix to Chapter 2 ... 224Appendix to Chapter 3 ... 240Appendix to Chapter 4: Domicile Ambiguity Matrix ... 290Bibliography ... 301Archives ... 301Primary Sources ... 301Secondary Literature ... 303Index ... 318

'[The book] is a valuable and original complement to the well-known discourse on Dutch involvement in early modern seaborne trade.'Tijl Vanneste (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), in: Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXX, No. 2, p. 745-747.

Werner Scheltjens, Ph.D. (2009), is Assistant Professor at the Chair of Social and Economic History at the University of Leipzig. He has published several peer-reviewed articles on maritime history and is project member at Sound Toll Registers Online.

• Preface ... viiList of Illustrations ... xList of Abbreviations ... xivIntroduction ... 1Historiography ... 1Deltas ... 8Sources ... 11Conversion ... 16Name Matching ... 231 Locations ... 27Overview ... 27Rise and Fall ... 30Before 1400 ... 311400–1500 ... 351500–1600 ... 411600–1700 ... 471700–1800 ... 58Conclusions ... 642 Functions ... 66Method ... 66Transport Market Integration ... 72The Port System of the Dutch Deltas in a European Context ... 83Conclusions ... 893 Production ... 91The Production of Grain Transport Services ... 91The Spatial Structure of Grain Transport Services ... 107Group 1 ... 112Group 2 ... 118Group 3 ... 122Conclusions ... 1294 Domiciles ... 131Domicile Ambiguity ... 131Virtual Migration ... 139Conclusions ... 1445 Usances ... 146 Conclusions ... 162Appendices ... 169Appendix to Chapter 1 ... 169Appendix to Chapter 2 ... 224Appendix to Chapter 3 ... 240Appendix to Chapter 4: Domicile Ambiguity Matrix ... 290Bibliography ... 301Archives ... 301Primary Sources ... 301Secondary Literature ... 303Index ... 318

'[The book] is a valuable and original complement to the well-known discourse on Dutch involvement in early modern seaborne trade.'Tijl Vanneste (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), in: Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXX, No. 2, p. 745-747.