EastIndiesTrade {GDAdata}

Figures for the trade between England and the East Indies in the 18th century.

Description

The data have been estimated from the graphic in the first edition of Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas by the website 'Me, myself, and BI'.

Usage

data(EastIndiesTrade)

Format

A data frame with 81 observations on the following 3 variables.

Year

the data go from 1700 to 1780

Exports

Exports from England to the East Indies (millions of pounds)

Imports

Imports to England from the East Indies (millions of pounds)

Source

http://blog.bissantz.com/vis-a-vis

Examples

data(EastIndiesTrade, package="GDAdata")
library(ggplot2)
ggplot(EastIndiesTrade, aes(x=Year, y=Exports-Imports)) + geom_line()