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Scottish trade in the seventeenth century The 'Corn pt of Edward Little of Shore Dues collected at Leith' their produce to Holland. The surprisingly small returns from the (Edinburgh City Archive) is the only early seventeenth-century important ports of Dundee and Aberdeen are probably explained by list detailing coastal shipping arriving at Leith. The list gives a deficiency in the source material. But the smallness of the overall only the name ofthe vessel and its master, its point ofembarkanumber of coastal vessels arriving at the most important port in tion and a brief description of its cargo. A total of 249 ships Scotland may indicate that trade had already begun to be seriously arrived between November 1638and ovember 1639,a1though affected by the political crisis of the Wars of the Covenant. 90% docked between March and November. Their cargoes were largely of grain or cured herring, emphasising Edinburgh's importance not just as a market place but as an entrepOt for exports of staple goods abroad from much of Scotland. ~ u Most of the 155 ships embarking between Inverness f::J ~{!!t and North Berwick carried grain, underlining the role of ports in Moray, Aberdeenshire and Fife as collection points for agricultural produce. The large number from Montrose and ~"t~ Dunbar reflect their function as both fish and grain markets. The ~'-SI Margrets Hope twelve from Orkney probably carried the produce of William \J:J~ Dick, who held the islands in wadset and regularly exported .~ursl o ) " :Y-'ok 9omarty Spe Portsoy r~" "";~../'I-.-" .fraserburgh v -../:\ • :'Banff ::: \ ~1MarybUrgh; Findhom B ~ I -? ../ /,owm'M ( ~h~::m"d ~ _ ~::;NewbUrgh ~-'--Aberdeen ••••~D' oWnles -,.. • • Slonehaven '" ~;; ..~ourdon , ~:::::: : Monlrose •• : : ).rbroath :::::Dundee ~ Errol·····) "1.-., ~: : : : c::,.$1 Andrews Newburgh :: ~ : .'\ " • Largo '.Crall Cellardyke .~..:::~ -Burnlisland /v ....Anslrulher Aberdour ••Wemyss Castle Culrosst?:-····· (""North Berwick Limekil~; .: : 0Leith :-::: ::-••• "Ih" "' , ••• Dunb~ Inverkel mg Newhaven ••••••• /,. •••••• • Eyemoulh ::.:: Number of ships arriving November 1638 to November 1639 kms uni~nti~:~hplaces : 0 50 100 'Chape', 'Kilbrane', 'South ISland"[J 25 75 ,, , , ~I--~~~--~--~~~--~ o 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles Ships from Scottish ports to Leith 1638 to 1639 272

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