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.