The Romance of Commerce

This classic includes the following chapters: 


I. Concerning Commerce 

II. The Commerce of the Ancient Civilizations—China 

III. Venice 

IV. Giovanni, Cosimo and Lorenzo dei Medici 

V. The Fuggers of Augsburg 

VI. The Hanseatic League 

VII. Fairs and Their Position in Commerce 

VIII. Guilds 

IX. Early British Commerce 

X. The de La Poles of Hull c. 1272-1366 

XI. Richard Whittington, John Philpot, and William Walworth (c. 1350-1423) 

XII. William Canynge of Bristol (1399-1475) Other Notable Early English Merchants 

XIII. Trade and the Tudors 

XIV. William and Sir John Hawkins of Plymouth c. 1520-1600 

XV. George Heriot 1563-1624 

XVI. The Myddeltons and the East India Company (c. 1575-1631) Other Great English Merchants 

XVII. Merchants of the North of England 

XVIII. Growth of Trade From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century 

XIX. The Fantastic in Trade 

XX. The Later English Merchants—Sir Josiah Child-1630-1699 

XXI. Trade and the English Aristocracy 

XXII. The Hudson’s Bay Company 

XXIII. Japan 

XXIV. A Representative Business of the Twentieth Century