COSTS OF SAILING ON THE VISTULA FROM TORUN TO GDANSK. THE BILLS OF FRANCISZEK MAJEWSKI, A STEERSMAN FROM TORUN

• Authors: Dygdala J.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is an important controbution to the study of the organization and costs of sailing in the lower reaches of the Vistula in the second half of the 18th C. It is based on four bills made by a steersman, Franciszek Majewski, and annotated by the ship-owner who hired him, Noske, or his bookkeeper. At the end of each bill there is a comment on the balance and a calulation of the sum that the steersman should pay back from the money advanced to him to cover the expenses of the voyage. Majewski received most of the advance payment in Torun, and additionally collected smaller sums in Gdansk (probably from tradesman or bankers that did business with Noske). The article also explores specialized terminology connected with sailing, floating goods down the river and the system of bookkeeping used at that time

Keywords

EN

SAILING COSTS ON VISTULA (18TH C.)

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 51-66
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dygdala J.

• J. Dygdala, Instytut Historii PAN, Zaklad Historii Pomorza, ul. Szeroka 36, 87-100 Torun, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA03697449