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.
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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.
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Roberts, Lewes, 1596-1640.
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At London :: Printed by R. O[ulton, Eliot's Court Press?, Thomas Harper, and Felix Kingston] for Ralph Mabb,
MDCXXXVIII. [1638]
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Coinage -- Early works to 1800.
Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.
Commerce -- Early works to 1800.
Balance of trade -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10821.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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CHAP. CXCIX.
Of Dresden, and the trade thereof.
DRESDEN is a faire town and strongly fortified, * 1.1 in which the Elector of Saxonie keepes his court: it is famous for the magnificent Stables and Armories which the Duke keepes here in a continuall readi∣nesse, the river of Elve divides the towne into two parts, the new and the old, which is very strong both by Art and Nature, and accounted the strongest moderne Citie in Germanie, the inhabitants are much addicted to trade, and the river doth much further their endevours; but Nature affoording them a
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rich soyle, takes away much of their edge: for it is ever found that the barren soyle affoords to the inhabitants the greatest incou∣ragement. Their weights and measures are,
Dresden, Misen, and all Saxonie is found to have three weights, and * 1.2 the 100 pound of London made of Zigostatica, or the Princes weight, 96 pound of 16 ounces it made 92 pound of Merchants weights of 16 ounces, and 144 pound of the common weight of 12 ounces.
Their measures of length is two, agreeing with Lipsick above men∣tioned, * 1.3 in which I need not further to insist.
Brunswicke is the eighteenth Province, wherein is Brunswicke the principall Citie; secondly, Wolfinbotle, where the Duke commonly * 1.4 resideth; thirdly, Alberstade, then Luneburg, and some other of lesse note.