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Map Description
Historical Map of the Commerce
of Christendom in the 16th Century.
Illustrating
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The main lines of trade - red
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The district of the Hanse and free German towns - striped red
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Antwerp and Bruges - the centers of the woolen manufacturing
district and of the
commerce of Christendom
Manufacturing Districts
Woolen - Blue
Supplied with wool from England, Spain and Hesse, and corn from
France and the ports on
the Baltic - exporting woolen goods all over Christendom
Linen - Green
In close connection with the woolen
Silk - Yellow
In Italy, Sicily, Catalonia, Lyons etc. These districts supplied
with woolen goods from the
north by Sea and by the overland commerce through Germany to
Venice
Credits
University of Texas at Austin.
From The Public Schools Historical Atlas edited by C. Colbeck, 1905.
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