9780901538284 - Robert Sturmy's Commercial Expedition to the Mediterranean (1457/8): No. 58 (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Bumped edges. Slight Scratches on Dust Jacket. Appears unread, may have minor damage from transit/storage. Next day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.

Condizione: Fair. Volume 58 of Bristol Record Society's Publications. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. . Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0901538280.

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0901538280.

Condizione: Good. Volume 58. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0901538280.

Condizione: Good. Volume 58. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0901538280.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Bristol Record Society's Publications ; vol. 58. Physical description: 143 pages ; 24cm. Subjects: Sturmy, Robert. Merchant mariners -- Bristol (England) -- History. Mediterranean Region -- Commerce -- History. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crisp clean dust-jacket, fresh covers, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0901538280. ISBN/EAN: 9780901538284. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51716082178. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Bristol Record Society's Publications ; vol. 58. Physical description: 143 pages ; 24cm. Subjects: Sturmy, Robert. Merchant mariners -- Bristol (England) -- History. Mediterranean Region -- Commerce -- History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. A new unused book. About the book >.>.> Forty years before Cabot's famous voyage to America, a Bristol merchant called Robent Sturmy attempted to open up an English trade route with the Eastern Mediterranean. Not only would this have allowed him to up the Asian trade but also, and above all, it would have provided direct access to alum supplies, a valuable mineral that was essential to the English cloth industry. This was the first serious English attempt to expand the reach of its seaborne trade beyond the narrow bounds of north- west Europe. In a time when most English merchants rarely strayed beyond Calais, the Netherlands and Bordeaux, Sturmy's voyage represented a quantum leap in ambition, for his plan was to break the Italians' monopoly over Mediterranean trade by going straight to their most lucrative market, that of Asia Minor and the Aegean. To achieve his ambition, Sturmy sought and received support not just from Bristol's merchant elite, but from some of the greatest and most powerful nobles of his time. This was a massive and unprecedented undertaking, but it was not to result in a new 'golden age' for English overseas trade. His attempt ended in failure when th.