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Page 61
... fanam is 8 or 9 nevels ; the smallest coins used in trade are cash , and one fanam contains from 70 to 80 tär , each tär being 4 small cash . The goods obtainable here are a variety of cotton cloths , both painted and woven , cotton ...
... fanam is 8 or 9 nevels ; the smallest coins used in trade are cash , and one fanam contains from 70 to 80 tär , each tär being 4 small cash . The goods obtainable here are a variety of cotton cloths , both painted and woven , cotton ...
Page 94
... fanam ' in the first quarter of the century meant something different from the fanam of later writers . Taking the pagoda at from 7s . to 7s . 6d . , the fanam at this period would be worth just about 6d . , the equivalent given by ...
... fanam ' in the first quarter of the century meant something different from the fanam of later writers . Taking the pagoda at from 7s . to 7s . 6d . , the fanam at this period would be worth just about 6d . , the equivalent given by ...
Page 95
... fanam should be taken in the accounts as 8 cash ; the invoice of the Swarte Beer shows that this practice had already been adopted by the Dutch in 1619 . With the fanam about 6d . , the nevel would be worth about three farthings . The ...
... fanam should be taken in the accounts as 8 cash ; the invoice of the Swarte Beer shows that this practice had already been adopted by the Dutch in 1619 . With the fanam about 6d . , the nevel would be worth about three farthings . The ...
Contents
Introduction page | xiii |
METHWOLDS RELATION I | 2 |
SCHORERS RELATION | 51 |
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