The book is based on Arabic sources, documents in archives of centers of Levantine trade, and material from the files of the firm of Francesco Datini. From the fall of Acre to the journey of Vasco de Gama, the author provides an invaluable description of late medieval Mediterranean trade.
Originally published in 1984.
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- ISBN10 1306989442
- ISBN13 9781306989442
- Publish Date 1 January 2014 (first published 21 February 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 623
- Language English