The Merchants Mappe of Commerce: Wherein, the Universal Manner and Matter of Trade, Is Compendiously Handled (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Lewes Roberts

9780483069671: The Merchants Mappe of Commerce: Wherein, the Universal Manner and Matter of Trade, Is Compendiously Handled (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0483069671 ISBN 13: 9780483069671

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Explore the global world of 17th‑century trade and how merchants made sense of it.

This book, The Merchants Mappe of Commerce, compiles the economic knowledge of its time into a practical guide that shows how money, goods, and routes connected far corners of the world. It highlights currencies, weights, measures, and the major trading cities that powered early modern commerce.

You’ll see how accounts and exchanges were described, how goods moved between regions, and how cartographers and merchants used maps to plan risky journeys and big deals. The text blends practical detail with historical context, revealing the everyday tools and rules that shaped international trade centuries ago.

How weights and measures were standardized and converted across places
Where merchants found key goods, ports, and market centers
How currencies and coinage influenced prices and trade routes
How the manuscript organizes trade knowledge into a usable map and table of cities

Ideal for readers of economic history, maritime commerce, and Renaissance studies, as well as anyone curious about how global trade worked long before modern globalization.

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