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. CCCXV. Of the Exchange of Lions with Venetia.
* 1.1LIONS Exchangeth with Venice, and giveth 100 Crowns of Gold, to have their D••cates posito 119⅔ of Livers
6⅙ per Ducat; I demand, for Crowns 3549. 10. of the Sun, how much credit shall Lions have in
Venice? To know which, multiply the said sum of Crowns by the said 119••Ducats, and the remainder produced by the said multiplication, shall be divided by
24, because that the Ducat is worth 24 Gross, and out of that product cut the two last figures, the which being multiplied by
24, to make them Grosses, they will make Da∣c••t. 48 38 1/12, which
Lions shall have credit in Venice for the said
Crowns of the Sun: as Example. 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉
Facit, 4238 Ducat. 2 Gross. And the proof of this account shall be manifested by Example,* 1.2 in the Exchanges of Venetia back for
Lion.