Trade routes and merchant ships

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I know of nothing online. Jasper and Martin might be able to help as naval matters are their interest.<br>
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If you have a university library nearby, try hunting for this softcover reference:<br>
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Council for British Archaeology Research Report No 24, <em>Roman Shipping and Trade: Britain and the Rhine Provinces</em>, edited by Joan du Plat Taylor and Henry Cleere, 1978. ISBN 0900312629.<br>
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You might also be able to borrow it through Inter-Library Loan at your local municipal library.<br>
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A great deal of trade was done by river, and river shipping was a much more efficient way to move goods in bulk than by wagon freight. I imagine it depends upon the goods to be moved.<br>
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I suspect, although I am not the expert on this topic by any means, that you are right about the overland route being preferred to the Gibraltar sea route.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Jenny <p></p><i></i>