Hamburg's overland trade 1630-1806 : commodity distribution to the inland and the Baltic Sea reqion

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  • ハンブルクの陸上貿易1630～1806年 : 内陸とバルト海地方への商品流通
  • ハンブルク ノ リクジョウ ボウエキ 1630~1806ネン : ナイリク ト バルトカイ チホウ エ ノ ショウヒン リュウツウ

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Studies on European economic history in the early modern period acknowledged the importance of Hamburg's overland trade, which served a vast hinterland stretching over inland Germany, Bohemia, Poland, and the Baltic Sea region. However, no monograph has appeared to investigate the entire picture of this trade. This paper, based on quantitative materials collected from custom registers which have not been previously fully explored, analyzes exports from Hamburg to its hinterland and traces long-term processes in the trade. Worth noting are the commercial relations with Lubeck in the 17th century and with Berlin in the 18th century. Thus, Hamburg's function as a hub between the European overseas trade and the inland markets is clarified. Through a careful observation of individual transactions, we show that trade routes and destinations were selectively chosen according to various commercial conditions like safety of travel, trade policies, demand, transport means and costs, seasons, and other such conditions. Such conditions affected the distribution of each commodity, thus indicating regional specialization. It is also an important finding that the Baltic Sea region was a considerable part of Hamburg's hinterland.

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