The merchants mappe of commerce wherein, the universall manner and matter of trade, is compendiously handled. The standerd and currant coines of sundry princes, observed. The reall and imaginary coines of accompts and exchanges, expressed. The naturall and artificiall commodities of all countries for transportation declared. The weights and measures of all eminent cities and tovvnes of traffique, collected and reduced one into another; and all to the meridian of commerce practised in the famous citie of London. By Lewes Roberts, merchant. Necessary for all such as shall be imployed in the publique affaires of princes in forreigne parts; for all gentlemen and others that travell abroad for delight or pleasure, and for all merchants or their factors that exercise the art of merchandizing in any part of the habitable world.

CHAP. CCXXXVI.

Of Sclavonia, and the Provinces and Cities thereof.

SClavonia hath on the East, the River of Drinut, * 1.1 and a line drawne from thence to the S•…•…a, on the West a part of Italy: on the North, Hunga∣ry; and on the South, the Adriatique sea.

The commodities that this country doth af∣ford * 1.2 for merchandise, are Horses for service, Cat∣tell, Oxen, Hides, Tallow, Butter and Cheese, and hath some Mines of Silver and Gold now in the great Turkes possession. The Provinces and Cities of note in Sclavonia are these.

Illyria, now by the Turkes called Windismarque hath in it Zatha seated upon Danubius, 2 Zackaocs, 3 Windisgreets and others. * 1.3

Dalmatia is the second Province, the chiefe City is Ragusa scitu∣ated on the Adriatique Sea, formerly a towne of great traffique * 1.4 and riches, and now tributary to the Turke; next is Scium 3 Zara, both seated on the Sea shoare, and subject to the Venetions: 4 Spal∣latta, a Sea-towne, from whence to Venice, that State keepeth many Gallies for transportation of Merchants goods, and by reason of an unreasonable fraight by them taken, they stand to the hazards and adventures thereof, which they did to their cost in Anno 1619, my selfe being in Naples when as the Duke d'ossuna then Vice-king, tooke two of these their gally grosses laden with a rich booty as was re∣ported

to the import of 300000 Cro. which the state of Venice were enforced to make good principally to Merchants Turks of Con∣stantinople, to whom the greatest part thereof did at that time ap∣pertaine, and who are found at this day to be the greatest traders this way. The next towne is Scodra, famous for the resistance it made against the Turkes, and last, Lissa, famous here for the sepul∣chre of Scanderbeg, whose bones were digged up, and worne by the Turkes at the taking of this City, as conceiving them to be of excel∣lent vertue to make them partake of his good fortunes: This Pro∣vince being now divided betweene the Venetians and the Turke.

Croatia is the next, the chiefe townes are Gardisca, seated on the * 1.5 river Savut, 2 Brumon, 3 Novegrade, 4 Sisgith, and lasty Petro∣via; this country is now subject in part to the Venetians, and in part to the Austrians, of the trade of the most principall of this in briefe, and first of Rhagusa and Spallatta.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Sclavonia.
• * 1.2

  Commodities.
• * 1.3

  Illyria.
• * 1.4

  Dalmatia.
• * 1.5

  Croatia.