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. CCCLXX. Of the Exchanges of Venice with Lions.
* 1.1VEnice doth Exchange with
Lions, and giveth posito Ducats 119⅖ of
Livers 6⅕ to have in Lions, Crow. 100 of Gold of the Sun: I demand for Duc. 4238 1/12, how many Crowns of the Sun shall I have in Lions? To do this, say by the Rule of Three, If Duc. 119⅖ give 100 Cro. of the Sun of Gold, what will Duc. 4328 1/12 give me? which being done, accordingly as I have heretofore often mentioned, it will come to
Crow. 3459, and multiplying the remainder of the division by 20 to make them Sols of Gold, and then by 12 to make them Deniers, it will come in all to Crow. 3549. 9. 8. of Gold of the Sun, and so much shall you have credit in Li∣ons for the said sum of Ducats 4238 1/12 of Livers 6. 4. Sols per Ducat, as may be seen by the following Example:
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* 1.2The proof of this Rule is seen when that Lions doth Exchange back with
Venice.