Die Société Commerciale de l'Océanie (SCO): die Flotte einer Hamburger Handelsfirma in der östlichen Südsee (1876-1914)

Abstract: Until its expropriation at the beginning of World War I, the Société Commerciale de l’Océanie (SCO), founded in 1876 as a German joint-stock company in Hamburg, engaged in intensive trading with the islands of Eastern Polynesia. This involved the import of manufactured goods and foodstuffs from Europe, the United States and New Zealand, and the export of local products such as copra, cotton, mother-of-pearl shells, vanilla and several other articles. On the most important islands, manufactories and trading posts were in charge of the sale of food and manufactured goods and the purchase of export products. The SCO’s zone of economic influence extended to almost all the inhabited islands of Eastern Polynesia. Since a regular shipping route developed only slowly, and floating sales stores and product collection-points were required in addition to the fixed trading posts, the company operated the largest schooner fleet in the large region consisting of around one hundred widely scatter

Object Details

• Alternative title: The Société Commerciale de l’Océanie (SCO): the Fleet of a Hamburg Trading Company in the Eastern South Seas (1876-1914)
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv ; 27 (2004) ; 93-110

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr
• Keyword: Handel ; Flotte ; Firma ; Hamburg ; Ozeanien ; Papeete

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2004
• Creator: Gossler, Claus

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55891-8
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:45 PM CET