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Nothing whatsoever to do with bikes... I am doing corrections on an article about analysis of copper ingots in a 17th century Thai shipwreck . There were nearly three tonnes of copper onboard, so quite a lot but the main cargo was sappanwood, trade in which was a royal prerogative. We are trying to understand if the whole cargo was royal, the whole cargo was contraband, or sappanwood was official and the copper the private business of the crew.</span>
I am sure from reading Aubrey/Maturin books that in their interactions with the East India Company (yes, I know it was fiction but much of the terminology is accurate) they referred to EIC officers having the right to part of the cargo as private enterprise. I can find articles referencing this behaviour (e.g. https://jiows.mcgill.ca/article/view/37/22) but I can't find the term for the cargo. Any ideas??? .The deadline is tomorrow.
does this help
Searching for privilege though gets lost in all the higher level stuff.
It does thanks. I have Aubrey/Maturin on my Kindle at home, so might try scanning that and then checking against historical records!
Also 'indulgence' trade, but that brings up a load of Church-related hits.