!!!Kolonien

Colonies, encouraged by the acquisition of the Low Countries, Naples 
and Sicily in the peace treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt (1713/1714) 
and backed by the theory of mercantilism, Karl VI pursued an active 
overseas trade and colonial policy. On the model of companies of other 
western countries, companies for overseas trade were founded in 
Ostend, Antwerp and Trieste with the aim of establishing colonial 
enterprises. These aims were obstructed by the lack of trade capital 
and a fleet which could have protected the overseas settlements. 
Consequently the settlements of the Ostend Company in Bengal were 
short-lived, as were the dependencies founded by W. Bolts in the 
Delagoa Bay (Moçambique, 1777), on the Malabar Coast (India, 
1778) and on the Nicobar Islands (1778-1782).

!Literature
F. Babudieri, L´espansione mercantile austriaca nei 
territori d´oltremare nel XVII secolo e suoi riflessi politici 
ed economici, 1978.


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