The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 23
foreigncountriesj and became very rich. Quarrelling with the Pisans the B 2 THE HISTORY OF NORTH ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION. Florentines purchased the port of Leghorn from the Genoese, andthis acquisition rendered Florence one of the richest cities inItaly, and her commerce gradually equalled, if it… … A GENOESE CAHRACK. were farmed to the great commercial house of the Bardi at Florence.The trade with the East was opened in a measure by Cosmo deMedici, and was greatly extended and improved by his illustriousgrandson Lorenzo.^ She opened up a large trade with Spain andEngland, and her policy was…
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