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. CCLXXVIII. Of the Exchanges of Lions, Paris, and Rouen in France.
* 1.1IN Lions, Paris, Rouen, and through all France, they keep their Accounts in Livres, Sols, Deniers and
Turnois, and they here do exchange in Crowns of the
Sun, and Deniers of the Sun; this Livre is also called in some places of France, a Frank, and 3
Livres or Franks is ac∣counted for the said Crown of the Sun, and the Crown of Italy by a Decree and Standard of the Country passeth at 58 Sol. of the said
Crown.
And in the Custom of Exchanging, it giveth the entire and whole Sum or Number, either one Crown, or one hundred Crowns of the Sol.
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Lions doth exchange with
Placentia
Crowns
100
for
103½ Crowns
Rome
Crowns
100
99½ Ducat
Genoua
Crown
1
66½ Sol. of Gold
Millan
Crown
1
115 Sol.
Venice
Crowns
100
116¾ Duc. Bank.
Florence
Crowns
100
106½ Crown
Lucca
Crowns
100
117½ Ducatoons
Naples
Crown
1
124 Grains
Lechi
Crown
1
122½ Grains
Bari
Crown
1
123 Grains.
Palermo
Crown
1
29½ Carlins
Mesina
Crown
1
29½ Carlins
Antw & Col.
Crown
1
96 Gross
London
Crown
1
62 Pence sterl.
Valentia
Crown
1
23 Sol. 10 Den.
Saragosa
Crown
1
23 Sol. 8 Den.
Barcelona
Crown
1
24 Sol.
Siv. al. Med.
Crown
1
436 Marvedes
Lisbon
Crown
1
485 Rais
Bollonia
Crowns
100
119½ Ducatoons
Bergamo
Crowns
100
119⅕ Ducatoons
Franckford
Crown
1
104 Quarentins
Vide Chap. 302. and so following, of the Calculation of the Exchanges of this place.