The Austrian Netherlands' Transit Policy and the Port of Ostend: Solving the 'Closure of the Scheldt'

Michael-W. Serruys

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Abstract

The author shows how the port of Ostend was enhanced in the eighteenth century's second half and how, thanks to the new road and waterway network (transit policy), this harbour enlarged its hinterland.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCrisis and Transition. Maritime Sectors in the North Sea Region 1790-1940
Subtitle of host publication8th North Sea History Conference, Bremerhaven
EditorsLars U. Scholl, David M. Williams
Place of PublicationBremen
PublisherVerlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH
Pages150-170
Number of pages21
ISBN (Print)978-3-89757-381-9
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Publication series

NameDeutsche Maritime Studien
PublisherDeutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum
Volume5

Keywords

  • Austrian Netherlands
  • Ostend
  • Transit Policy
  • 18th Century
  • Urban networks

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