Factory was the common name during the medieval and early modern eras for an entrepôt – which was essentially an early form of free-trade zone or transshipment point. At a factory, local inhabitants could interact with foreign … See more

During the territorial and economic expansion of the Age of Discovery, the factory was adapted by the Portuguese and spread … See more

The American factories often played a strategic role as well, sometimes operating as forts, providing a degree of protection for colonists and their … See more

• Braudel, Fernand (1992). Civilization and Capitalism, 15th–18th Century: The perspective of the world. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08116-1.
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Although European colonialism traces its roots from the classical era, when Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans established See more

Other European powers began to establish factories in the 17th century along the trade routes explored by Portugal and Spain, … See more

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