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# La pratica della mercatura

The Practice of Commerce (Pegolotti)

Merchant's handbook of the Bardi factor Francesco Balducci Pegolotti: Indian spices and their grades ("colombino" ginger from Quilon, "belledi" ginger, Indian indigo, lac, pepper) and the overland route to Cathay.

- **Language:** Italian
- **Date:** 1335–1343 CE
- **Author:** [Francesco Balducci Pegolotti](https://indike.org/pramana/person/pegolotti)
- **Extent:** 4,286 words
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Translations (1)

- [Cathay and the Way Thither, vol. 3 (Pegolotti's notices)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.it.pegolotti~en-yule) — English

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