The Sound Toll at Elsinore: Politics, Shipping and the Collection of Duties 14291857 - Hardcover

Øresund, or the Sound&;the body of water separating Denmark from Sweden&;has always been strategically important. Between 1429 and 1857, the Danish king levied a toll on ships traveling through the Sound. The logs that Denmark kept of those tolls are a unique piece of European history and are included in UNESCO&;s Memory of the World register. This book uses those logs to detail the toll&;s administration and history, discussing diplomatic crises, smuggling, and the threat of North American attack that hastened the toll&;s demise.