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. CCCCXLVI. Of the Exchanges of
London with Venice.
* 1.1LOndon is found to Exchange for great Sums with Venice, and giveth posito 50 d. sterling to have in the said place one Ducat in
Banco of l. 6⅕ money of Venice, I demand then for 555 l. 17 6 d. sterling, how many Ducats shall I have Credit for in Venice? This is done as in the precedent rule, reducing the pounds sterling into
shillings, by the multiplication of 20, and adding 17, and then multiplying that again by 12, to bring it into pence, and adding thereto 6 d. and it will make Duc. (2668⅕) which should be rendred in Venice for 555 l. 17 6 d. sterling in London, as per Example:
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* 1.2Note, that for distinction of the current money in Venice, which is 21 per cent. at present worse than the money payable by
Exchange, it is termed in Banco, in which all Bills of Ex∣change are payable, and the proof of this rule is apparent when that the said sum of 2668⅕ Ducats is rechanged for
London.