Trading at the Edge of Empires – Francesco Carletti`s World, ca. 1600 - Giorgio Riello, Paula Findlen, Brian Brege, Luca MolÃ

In narrating his circumnavigation of the world at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Florentine Francesco Carletti became the first European merchant to leave an account of travel on existing commercial routes. A repentant ex-slave trader and smuggler turned dealer in Chinese goods, Carletti travelled “at the edge of empires,” providing a unique perspective on the promise and peril of a connected globe. With his long stays in Lima, Mexico City, Manila, Nagasaki, Macao, and Goa, as well... Zobrazit více