论16、17世纪之交西北欧商人商船南下地中海

16、17世纪之交,西北欧商人商船纷纷南下欧洲经济重心区———地中海世界。在西北欧商人商船大规模南下之时,西北欧还只是欧洲一个半边缘地区,然而当南下过程接进尾声之时,西北欧却一跃而成为欧洲新的经济重心区,其中荷兰取代了威尼斯、热那亚而跃升为欧洲新的领导者。西北欧商人商船南下地中海的过程对后来西北欧经济的发展具有重要的历史与现实意义。

On Northwestern Europe Merchants Ships Going to Mediterranean in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries

A lot of merchant ships from northwestern Europe went into the Mediterranean in the late sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth century. When the process was over, northwestern Europe had become the new economic core of Europe, with Holland replacing Venice and Genoa as the leading power of Europe. The article will discuss the significance of this process from the following three parts: 1,background; 2,process; and 3, consequence.