Difference between revisions of "MRP: Riga"
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See [[MRP: Baltic|Baltic]] | See [[MRP: Baltic|Baltic]] | ||
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See [[MRP: Stettin|Stettin]] | See [[MRP: Stettin|Stettin]] | ||
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[[File:MAP_Atlas_Minor_Gerardi_Mercatoris_Livonia_Amsterdam_1634_p115_DL_CSG_061211.PNG|thumbnail|500px|none|Livonia, Gereardi Mercartoris (Amsterdam, 1634)]] | [[File:MAP_Atlas_Minor_Gerardi_Mercatoris_Livonia_Amsterdam_1634_p115_DL_CSG_061211.PNG|thumbnail|500px|none|Livonia, Gereardi Mercartoris (Amsterdam, 1634)]] | ||
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Livonia plate in Gerardi Mercatoris, ''Atlas Minor'' (Amsterdam, 1634), p. 115; out of copyright book and image | Livonia plate in Gerardi Mercatoris, ''Atlas Minor'' (Amsterdam, 1634), p. 115; out of copyright book and image | ||
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| + | ===Riga as part of English Baltic trade=== | ||
| + | "in & bet y:e yeares of o:r Lord one thousand six hundred sixtie & one (sixtie two) sixtie three) sixtie four) & sixtie five) y:e s:d S:r W:m Rider and yo:r Orato:r as ptners in Merchandize did freight on in sewall vessells from y:e port of London to Stockholme in Sweden to Dansicke in Poland and to Riga in Sweden diverse merchandizes & comodityes in pticuler sugar Tobacco Pepper Tinne Lead Cardimmon Coales Indigoe ffrench & spanish wines & sevall other Comdityes & yo:r Orato:r cannot in pticuler menconn all w:ch had safe arrivalls & were from tyme to tyme sold to very great pfitts & great returns were made from Stockholme & other pts beyond y:e seas as y.e proceed of these merchandizes w:ch had likewise safe arrivalls at y:e port of London w:ch retorns did consist in Irons Copper XXX Plates XXX Gunnes Copper Barrs Pitch & divers other Comodityes of w:ch great pfitts was made y:e pticuler Bills of Lading Envoyces & accompts of all w:ch together w:th all the comodityes themselves did come to y.e hands of y:e s:d S:r William Rider Cocke or Alderman Backwell or some or one of them or for their uses or by their order"<ref>'Bill of complaint brought by William Cock vs. Sir William Ryder ''et al'', [[MRP: C10/155/38 f. 1|C10/155/38 f. 1]]</ref> | ||
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Merian, M., 'Riga', ca. 1650, copper etching, 21.3 x 25.7cm<ref>www.philographikon.com/imagesbalticstates/rigamerian.gif, viewed 06/12/11</ref> | Merian, M., 'Riga', ca. 1650, copper etching, 21.3 x 25.7cm<ref>www.philographikon.com/imagesbalticstates/rigamerian.gif, viewed 06/12/11</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 10:10, December 28, 2011
Riga
Editorial history
06/12/11, CSG: Created page and uploaded Mercatoris Livonia map
Contents
Suggested links
See Baltic
See Hamburg
See Stettin
See Stockholm
Images
Map of Livonia
Insert Map of situation
Town plan
Insert Town plan
Townscape
Insert Townscape
Image credits & copyright information
Add Image credits & copyright information
Livonia plate in Gerardi Mercatoris, Atlas Minor (Amsterdam, 1634), p. 115; out of copyright book and image
Town profile
Notes
Riga as part of English Baltic trade
"in & bet y:e yeares of o:r Lord one thousand six hundred sixtie & one (sixtie two) sixtie three) sixtie four) & sixtie five) y:e s:d S:r W:m Rider and yo:r Orato:r as ptners in Merchandize did freight on in sewall vessells from y:e port of London to Stockholme in Sweden to Dansicke in Poland and to Riga in Sweden diverse merchandizes & comodityes in pticuler sugar Tobacco Pepper Tinne Lead Cardimmon Coales Indigoe ffrench & spanish wines & sevall other Comdityes & yo:r Orato:r cannot in pticuler menconn all w:ch had safe arrivalls & were from tyme to tyme sold to very great pfitts & great returns were made from Stockholme & other pts beyond y:e seas as y.e proceed of these merchandizes w:ch had likewise safe arrivalls at y:e port of London w:ch retorns did consist in Irons Copper XXX Plates XXX Gunnes Copper Barrs Pitch & divers other Comodityes of w:ch great pfitts was made y:e pticuler Bills of Lading Envoyces & accompts of all w:ch together w:th all the comodityes themselves did come to y.e hands of y:e s:d S:r William Rider Cocke or Alderman Backwell or some or one of them or for their uses or by their order"[1]
Suggested image sources
Merian, M., 'Riga', ca. 1650, copper etching, 21.3 x 25.7cm[2]
Suggested primary sources
Suggested secondary sources
- ↑ 'Bill of complaint brought by William Cock vs. Sir William Ryder et al, C10/155/38 f. 1
- ↑ www.philographikon.com/imagesbalticstates/rigamerian.gif, viewed 06/12/11
