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Exploiting inter – and intra – continental markets: The business of transporting convicts to the Australian colonies in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Lauren Darwin

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Abstract

This article explores the pivotal role played by convict transports in the expansion and redirection of British maritime trade to the East. Through an investigation into the business of transporting prisoners across the seas in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, it reveals that contractors, shipowners and captains connected to convict transportation were at the forefront of exploiting new trading opportunities in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. By analysing the voyages of convict ships within the prism of long-haul trading ventures, this work reveals the often overlooked business acumen of those who organized and executed convict transportation as they participated in inter- and intra-continental maritime trade.

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Author(s): Darwin LJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: International Journal of Maritime History

Year: 2024

Volume: 36

Issue: 4

Online publication date: 17/10/2024

Acceptance date: 29/05/2024

Date deposited: 19/03/2025

ISSN (print): 0843-8714

ISSN (electronic): 2052-7756

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714241274977

DOI: 10.1177/08438714241274977

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