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... eight ( more correctly , the piece of eight rials ) was at that time the only European coin in general esteem throughout the East Indies , owing chiefly to its uniformity of weight and the purity of its silver . Two varieties were ...
... eight ( more correctly , the piece of eight rials ) was at that time the only European coin in general esteem throughout the East Indies , owing chiefly to its uniformity of weight and the purity of its silver . Two varieties were ...
Page 60
... eight per pece , and three kine , at nine rialles of eight per pece . The gootes and kine of this place are very leane and smalle . 1 The Socotrine aloes ( Aloe Perryi ) were in special esteem . Garcia da Orta says they were worth four ...
... eight per pece , and three kine , at nine rialles of eight per pece . The gootes and kine of this place are very leane and smalle . 1 The Socotrine aloes ( Aloe Perryi ) were in special esteem . Garcia da Orta says they were worth four ...
Page 195
... eight and a goate one piece of eight . Wee bought of hym som 27 kintalles alloes att 30 pieces of eight per kintall , every kintall making 94 lbs . Inglysh or therupon , which wee packed up in three pipes , as per an envoyse sent you ...
... eight and a goate one piece of eight . Wee bought of hym som 27 kintalles alloes att 30 pieces of eight per kintall , every kintall making 94 lbs . Inglysh or therupon , which wee packed up in three pipes , as per an envoyse sent you ...
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A journal kept by Edward Dodsworth 25 February 1614 | 49 |
A narrative of the fight at Swally by the Rev Samuel | 96 |
William Edwards at Ahmadābād to the Company | 139 |
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