Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893

Business History Review | January 1, 2003| | Copyright

Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893. By J. Forbes Munro. Woodbridge, U.K.: Boydell Press, 2003. ix + 525 pp. Index, notes, illustrations, maps, references, tables. Cloth, $130.00. ISBN 0-851-15935-4.

Reviewed by Michael Miller

For close to a century, the Mackinnon Mackenzie group, later known formally as the Inchcape Group, was one of the leading expatriate firms in the Indian Ocean region. Founded in 1847 by William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie, both from Campeltown, Scotland, the firm and its related enterprises grew to include agency ...

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