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“Overall, of Britain’s top 15 trading partners by number of recorded maritime locations, 10 were on the continent.”
“But every maritime location played an important role.”
“Between 1696 and 1697, for example, a whopping 80 percent of the value of Britain’s global trade was generated by European markets.”
“By force, deals and persuasion, it built a vast network of overseas colonies, connecting the isle to distant shores and its people with coveted commodities, including tea from India, sugarcane from Jamaica and tobacco from Virginia.”
“Coal was the most commonly traded commodity that the researchers analyzed, appearing in more than 101,000 cargo entries.”
“They trained software to decipher port officials’ unique handwriting styles, identify idiosyncratic notations and adapt to how the spelling of certain words changed over time.”
“But new research suggests that a reliable web of shorter routes within Britain and with other European countries accounted for a significant majority of the nation’s trade—more than its colonies across the globe—as its empire grew between the late-16th and mid-18th centuries.”
“University of Southampton The British Empire was undoubtedly global .”
“Analysis of these records revealed a bustling network of more than 3,000 ports across the world, including more than 1,000 domestic ports in Britain.”