The aim of this PhD thesis is to analyse the phenomena related to coral fishing of the Maghreb, placing at the center of the analysis the development and the penetration in North Africa of the Neapolitan fishery. From the middle of the XVIII century, after the fall of Genoese Tabarka in 1741, the French Compagnie Royale d’Afrique obtains the privilege of coral fishing on the coasts of the Regencies of Algiers and Tunis. However, during the last thirty years of the XVIII century, Italian states’ navies started complaining strongly about those preferential concessions to France. In light of what has been introduced thus far, it follows that the historical period that goes from the second half of the XVIII century to the 1830s represents an interesting and remarkable field of research. Actually, the gradual increase of participants on the Barbary Coast scenery, the various obstacles and issues on the subject of maritime navigation and the convoluted political and diplomatic events that accompanied the activity of coral fishing, raise many queries. As an example, this dissertation project studies the organization of fishing campaigns by the different coastal communities and it also focuses on the strong interests that European and Maghrebians governments and merchants showed towards this influential “red gold”. The attention focuses mainly on the several phenomena related to the fishing process on the Barbary Coast. Nevertheless, this work will also refer constantly to commercial and manufacturing aspects connected to each country, which are essential in order to have an overview of coral relevance as a “Mediterranean resource”.

I Napoletani e il corallo del Maghreb: pesca e sfruttamento di una risorsa mediterranea contesa (1780-1827)

BOSCHIAZZO, ALESSIO
2019-11-15

Abstract

The aim of this PhD thesis is to analyse the phenomena related to coral fishing of the Maghreb, placing at the center of the analysis the development and the penetration in North Africa of the Neapolitan fishery. From the middle of the XVIII century, after the fall of Genoese Tabarka in 1741, the French Compagnie Royale d’Afrique obtains the privilege of coral fishing on the coasts of the Regencies of Algiers and Tunis. However, during the last thirty years of the XVIII century, Italian states’ navies started complaining strongly about those preferential concessions to France. In light of what has been introduced thus far, it follows that the historical period that goes from the second half of the XVIII century to the 1830s represents an interesting and remarkable field of research. Actually, the gradual increase of participants on the Barbary Coast scenery, the various obstacles and issues on the subject of maritime navigation and the convoluted political and diplomatic events that accompanied the activity of coral fishing, raise many queries. As an example, this dissertation project studies the organization of fishing campaigns by the different coastal communities and it also focuses on the strong interests that European and Maghrebians governments and merchants showed towards this influential “red gold”. The attention focuses mainly on the several phenomena related to the fishing process on the Barbary Coast. Nevertheless, this work will also refer constantly to commercial and manufacturing aspects connected to each country, which are essential in order to have an overview of coral relevance as a “Mediterranean resource”.
15-nov-2019
Ce travail de thèse se propose d’étudier les phénomènes liés à la pêche du corail du Maghreb, en posant au centre de l'analyse le développement et la pénétration en Afrique du Nord de la pêche napolitaine. À partir du milieu du XVIIIe siècle, après la chute de la Tabarka génoise en 1741, la Compagnie Royale d’Afrique obtient le privilège de la pêche du corail sur les côtes des Régences d’Alger et de Tunis. Cependant, les trois dernières décennies du siècle voient les concessions françaises toujours plus contestées par les flottes des États italiens, surtout celles du Royaume de Naples. Ainsi, la période comprenant la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle et les trois premières décennies du XIXe siècle s’offre un remarquable terrain d’enquête. En effet, l’accroissement progressif du nombre des acteurs actifs sur les côtes de Barbarie, les nombreux facteurs perturbant la navigation maritime et les troubles politico-diplomatiques entourant l’activité d’extraction du corail soulèvent, des interrogations sur l’organisation et la gestion des campagnes de pêche de la part des différentes communautés littorales, ainsi que sur les intérêts que les gouvernements européens et maghrébins montrent envers cet « or rouge ». Même si l’intérêt de la recherche réside avant tout dans les phénomènes liés au processus de récolte du corail sur les côtes barbaresques et dans la pénétration des pêcheurs de Torre del Greco, le travail prend en considération des délicats aspects commerciaux et manufacturiers relatifs à chaque pays. Ce regard sur l’aval de la filière est une condition indispensable pour avoir une vision complète et globale de l’importance du corail comme « ressource méditerranéenne ».
Corallo, Maghreb, Torre del Greco, Mediterraneo
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