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Mediterranean Merchant Shipping
Mediterranean merchant shipping in the early 15th century was dominated by Venetian, Genoese, Catalan, and Majorcan merchants, using oar-and-sail gal…
Timeline
- 1401–1410Venice · VeniceVenetian merchant fleets made regular voyages between Alexandria, Beirut, and home ports, escorting high-value cargo with galleys and competing with Genoa on eastern Mediterranean routes, forming the most active maritime commercial transport pattern in early 15th-century Europe.
Sources
- Venice and the Venetians in the Early Renaissance — David Chambers (1970)