The merchants map of commerce wherein the universal manner and matter relating to trade and merchandize are fully treated of, the standard and current coins of most princes and republicks observ'd, the real and imaginary coins of accounts and exchanges express'd, the natural products and artificial commodities and manufactures for transportation declar'd, the weights and measures of all eminent cities and towns of traffick in the universe, collected one into another, and all reduc'd to the meridian of commerce practis'd in the famous city of London / by Lewis Roberts, merchant.
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The merchants map of commerce wherein the universal manner and matter relating to trade and merchandize are fully treated of, the standard and current coins of most princes and republicks observ'd, the real and imaginary coins of accounts and exchanges express'd, the natural products and artificial commodities and manufactures for transportation declar'd, the weights and measures of all eminent cities and towns of traffick in the universe, collected one into another, and all reduc'd to the meridian of commerce practis'd in the famous city of London / by Lewis Roberts, merchant.
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Roberts, Lewes, 1596-1640.
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London :: Printed for Thomas Horne ...,
1700.
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Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.
Coinage -- Early works to 1800.
Exchange -- Early works to 1800.
Balance of trade -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Commerce.
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"The merchants map of commerce wherein the universal manner and matter relating to trade and merchandize are fully treated of, the standard and current coins of most princes and republicks observ'd, the real and imaginary coins of accounts and exchanges express'd, the natural products and artificial commodities and manufactures for transportation declar'd, the weights and measures of all eminent cities and towns of traffick in the universe, collected one into another, and all reduc'd to the meridian of commerce practis'd in the famous city of London / by Lewis Roberts, merchant." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A57390.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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CHAP. CCCCXXVIII. Of the Exchanges of
Barselona with Placentia.
* 1.1BArselona doth Exchange with
Placentia, and giveth posito Sols 23 2/12 to have there a
Cro•…•… of Mark, I demand for Livers 1850. 12. 0. how many Crow. of Mark shall I have?
First reduce the said sum of Livers into
Deniers, multiplying them by 20, to make them Sold and add the 12, and then by 12 to make them Deniers, and do the same with the Sols 23 ••/12 multiplying them by 12, and adding thereto 7 Deniers; the
Deniers come thereof are to be taken for divisor against the
Deniers come of the said Livers, and by division they will come to Crow. of Mark, multiplying the rest by 20 and by 12 to make them Sols and Deniers of Gold, and then they make
Crow. 1569. 8. 3 of Mark, which is due to be had in
Placentia for the said sum of Barselona:〈 math 〉〈 math 〉
* 1.2The proof of this Rule is apparent when that Placentia doth Exchange for
Barselona.