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W artykule omówiony został spław wiślany w 1662 r. na podstawie jedynego zachowanego rejestru komory celnej na Wiśle z drugiej połowy XVII w. Przedstawiona analiza sezonowości żeglugi wiślanej dowiodła, że znany z literatury spław z tzw. pierwszą wodą nie odgrywał kluczowej roli w handlu. Zależał on istotnie od pory letnich i jesiennych deszczów w żegludze z nurtem rzeki, a także od rytmu potrzeb konsumenckich. Dowiedziono zależności pomiędzy wielkością transportu wodnego a kategorią społeczną uczestnika spławu oraz porą sezonu żeglugowego. Wykazano dominujący udział szlachty w spławie z nurtem Wisły oraz mieszczan w spławie w górę rzeki. Opisano strukturę taboru wodnego, a także preferencje w zakresie jego wykorzystania, w tym także w zależności od pory roku kalendarzowego. Przedstawiono strukturę własności jednostek pływających, zwracając uwagę na dominację szlachty. Podkreślono rolę Warszawy i innych, w tym nadwiślańskich, miast w handlu spławnym. Scharakteryzowano pełną strukturę spławianych towarów, a także środowisko uczestników spławu, dostrzeżono rolę dopływów Wisły w handlu spławnym. Porównując badane zjawisko ze spławem w latach 1605–1651 oraz w 1766 r., dowiedziono wyjątkowego znaczenia handlu wiślanego tuż po potopie szwedzkim.
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The article discusses Vistula rafting in 1662 on the basis of the only surviving register of a customs house on the Vistula, dating from the second half of the 17th century. The presented analysis of the seasonality of the Vistula shipping proved that rafting with the so-called first water, as it was known from in literary circles, did not play a key role in trade. Instead, navigation of the river current primarily depended on the summer and autumn rains, as well as on the rhythms of consumer needs. The relationship between the size of water transport and the social category of the rafting participant as well as the time of the shipping season is also highlighted. It is also shown that the majority of the downriver traffic was nobility while the upstream traffic was mainly townspeople. The structure of the water fleet was established, as well as its preferred use, which was also dependant on the season. The ownership structure of the vessels is discussed, paying attention to the dominance of the nobility. The role of Warsaw and other cities, including those on the Vistula River, in nautical trade is discussed. A comprehensive description of the transported goods was presented, as well as the environment of raft occupants, the role of the Vistula tributaries in floating trade was noticed. Comparing rafting in the years 1605-1651 and in 1766, the exceptional significance of the Vistula trade just after the Swedish Deluge was proved.
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Research on foreign trade in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the second half of the 18th c. has been largely neglected for many years, and the basic findings in that area, especially those by Tadeusz Korzon, suggest that the problem should be reconsidered. The topic requires new research first of all in order to verify the unfounded theses about the downturn in the economy being one of the reasons of the political crisis and the fall of the country. This claim seems to be contradicted by the long-established theories about the development of the country's economy, including foreign trade, in the period before the partitions. In view of that, it is difficult to maintain that the recession was one of the reasons of the partitions; it should rather be assumed that it was largely a result of the actions undertaken by the partitioners, especially by the king of Prussia Frederick II. New material to research the topic can be found in the numerous and interesting initiatives to improve the situation in trade which were voiced by publicists at the end of the 18th c. It is also significant that income from customs duty was very important for the state budget. New data can be obtained from the surviving balance sheets of the exports and imports of the Crown of Poland in the years 1786-1790. The article discusses only one of those documents. The data show very precisely the scale of exchange between the Crown and its closest neighbours, i.e. Austria, Prussia and Russia, Turkey and Wallachia taken together. They also point to very characteristic tendencies in foreign trade, including the transit of commodities.
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