The Wise Merchant

On 9 January 1632, at the inauguration of the Amsterdam Illustrious School - the predecessor of the city's university - Caspar Barlaeus delivered a speech that has continued to arouse the curiosity of researchers and the general public alike: Mercator sapiens. This famous oration on the wise me...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Baerle, Caspar van, 1584-1648, author (author), Post, Anna-Luna, editor (editor), Vermeulen, Corinna Lucia, 1969-, editor
Format: Electronic
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2019
Amsterdam : [2019]
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431232306719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: wealth, knowledge and prestige
  • Principles of this edition and translation
  • Mercator sapiens: text and translation / Barlaeus, Caspar
  • Bibliography
  • Index