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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Title: 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.
Author: Roberts, Lewes, 1596-1640.
Publication: London :: Printed for Thomas Horne ...,; 1700.
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Subject terms: 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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CHAP. CCLXXIX. Of the Exchanges of Rome in Italy.

* 1.1IN Rome, the Bankers and Exchangers keep their Accounts in Crowns, Julios, Bacochs, and Quatrins, and they Exchange in Ducats, Sols and Deniers of Camera. The Crown of the abovesard Money is worth 10 Julios, or 100 Bacochs, or else 400 Quatrins; the Julio is 10 Bacochs, or else 40 Quatrins, and the Bacoch is 4 Quatrins.

The Ducat of Camera, according to the old Value, is worth 2½ per Cent. more than the Crown of Gold, so that 100 Ducats are 102½ Crowns.

In the Custom of Exchange amongst Merchants, the place giveth the broken Number to all Italy, excepting to the Kingdom of Naples, to Sicilia, Bollonia, and Bergamo, and to all others 〈◊〉〈◊〉 giveth the whole Number, which is either one Ducat, or by a 100 Ducats.

Rome doth exchange with	Placentia	Ducats	97¾	for	100 Crowns
Lions	Ducats	97½	100 Crowns
Genoa	Ducats	97⅛	100 Crowns of Gold
Millan	Ducats	97¼	100 Crowns of Gold
Venice	Ducats	85⅓	100 Ducates
Florence	Ducats	91¾	100 Crowns
Lucca	Ducats	84	100 Ducatoons
Naples	Ducats	100	135 Ducats
Lechi	Ducats	100	134⅔ Ducats
Bari	Ducats	100	134½ Ducats
Palermo	Ducat	1	14 15 Tarins
Mesina	Ducat	1	14 17 Tarins
Antw. & Col.	Ducat	1	125 Grosses
London	Ducat	1	87½ d. sterling.
Valentia	Ducat	1	24 2 Sol.
Saragosa	Ducat	1	23 Sol. 8 Deniers
Barcellona	Ducat	1	23 Sol. 10 Deniers
Siv. al. Med.	Ducat	1	440 Marvedes
Lisbon	Ducat	1	482 Raies
Bollonia	Ducats	100	119 Ducatoons
Bergamo	Ducats	100	119½ Ducatoons
Frankford	Ducat	1	103 Quarentins

Vide how these are calculated, Chap. 326. and so following.

Notes

* 1.1

The Exchan∣ges of Rome.

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