INDEX.] Umied States of America. 



1793 Many American veflTels fcized by the Biilidi 



for carrying Krencli property - iv, 



1794 Aggrefiioiis of the bclligerf-nt powers 



Embargo laid on Britifh velfels — a commercial 



treaty with Great Britain 

 Sketch of tlie commercial policy of the U. flates 



The (lave trade almolt aholiOied 



Maim^'a^^urci — ihiphuilding — tilherles — dom- 



eftic manufaftuics — coal — roads — canals 

 — banks — national debt — cheap living— no 



^85 

 3'2 



32' 



-3J5 

 3S< 



3SS 

 390 

 390 



87. 3S 



tithes - • - 322 



- — Shipping . . . 325 



Hxporti 1791-1793 and chief articles 326 



1796 Difputes uifh F?"ance 



Exports i7^;4-i796 



Influx of money — jobbing fpeculations 



• Duties — ports for Eaft-lndia tr ^c 



— — Coinage — value of current money 



Population, trade, and manufart iires, of the 



chief to-.>ns of th(^ United States 391, 396 



— — Duty of ci;rtoms alteired — fires in towns 397 



J797 American treaty now fanflioned bv the Britifli 



parliament, with many explanations 421 



1798 American vc fels convoyed by Britifti (hips 440 



Ships of war j^ re pa red— a French velTel taken 459 



1795 Great Britain admits foreign goods in Ameri- 

 can ved'els to be warehoufed, &c . 476 



1800 A treaty with France - . 519 



1 1 00 * 6'//f a i n Africa founded . . J> 2- 



348 Included in a treaty with Rome - 70 



57*jfjE/ViT/, a nation of Gaul, trade with Britain — 



have (Irong (hips — are dcftroyed by Cjefar i, 115 



Vtneti tf Italy — their antient hillory i, zjg 



14 They receive amber from Germany - 13S 



452 Fly to fome muddy illands, and build liuts 218 



See Venice. 

 452 Venice — origin of the city . . i, 218 

 j»3 Manufaiiture of fait — inland navigation, i'C 227 

 732 Venetians trade to Conftantinople — deal in (laves 246 

 Xoo DHkesof Venice confirmed by Charlemagne 250 

 828 Ten Venetian (liips fail to Alexandria - 352 

 S77 A law againft dealing in (laves - 258 

 9^3 Venetians conquer Dalmatia and Croatia 275 

 1084 They are powerful in (hipping — obtain com- 

 mercial advantages in Conftantinople 302 

 They get a charter from the German emperor 317 

 They continue to extend their trade by the 



help of the crufaders - - 319 



A war w ith the Greek empire feems to give 



rife to the Bank oj Venice - 341 



Origin of the marriage with the fea . 343 



They hire a great fleet to the crufaders 367 



— — Their mental fuperiority - - 36S 



1204 They and the cruladers take Conftantinople 368 



They obtain a good (hare of the territoiy, the 



(ilk manufafture, the over-land trade to 



India, and the whole trade of the empue 370 



They have very large (hips . 368, 37 ; 



1206 1 hey are at war with Genoa - 373 



1242 Their laws colleiled in a code — (how their 



praflice of reckoning per cent, not yet u(ual 

 with others - - - 393 



1361 Conftantinople being recovered by the Greeks, 

 the fupeiiority in the ea(fern trade is tians- 

 feiTed to the Genoete - 411 



1270 The Venetiarts fupply veflels to France, one 

 of them very large, and afl'ume the domi- 

 nion of the Adriatic - - 411; 



1303 The republic faid to be now come of 472 



X^ii Five Venetian gallies having iitiarrelcd with 

 the people of Wight, t!iey defifted from 

 trading to Eiiglau '. , ti.i .lOW that they are 

 aflTured of friendftjip - - 494 



IIU 



1130 

 1171 

 1177 



1202 



Venice. 



'3^.1' Thcirfreedom of trade in England enlarged i, 496 



1327 Tlie (ilk tiadc tlourilhing in Venice . ^oi 



TJie (ilk inanufailurc, one of the three trades 



which do not contaminate nobility 50'>'» 



1347 Venetians obtain leave of trading one year in 



England - - . ^,4 



1352 Their fleet defeated by the Genocfe . 545 



■35illVcnctian traders faid to go to Ormusand Cam- 



balu . - . . ^-r 



1357 They obtain pafsports from the warring powers 55II 

 1365 They perfuadc the king of Cyprus to give up 



his crufade - . . cy^ 



1370 Venetian traders bound to England protected 577 

 1375 They feck fafc-conduCt from England 581 



1 400 The opulence and commerce of Venice noted 



by the Greek emperor . - 611 



1408 A Venetian map, faid to be drawn now, exhi- 



bits the route by fea to India — very doubt- 

 ful . . , 6jo»i 



1409 Routine of their trade with England and Flan- 



ders ... 



1420 View of the coinmcrce, fiiipping, &c — they pay 



a balance to England 

 i437l|Their trade with Englaiid — balance faid to be 

 in their favour — they travel through Eng- 

 land to buy wool, &;c — lend money at 

 Bruges — oblige the Englifii at Venice to 

 unload in 40 days 

 1441 Two Venetian merchants made denizens of 



England - - . 



After 1453 A! moft unrivaled in oriental trade 



Printing and exportation of books confiderable 706 



14S8 Venetians obtain abatement of duties in Engl. 711 



1490 Now limited to 600 facks of wool ineach voyage 7 15 



1491 A duty laid in England on Candian wine im- 



ported by foreigners, to balance a duty laid 

 by Venice on wine fhipped in Englifii veflels 

 149J Extenfive trade, Hourifliing mannfadLU-es, and 

 naval power of Venice 



1507 Venetians obtain large privileges, &cc inEng- 



land . - - . °ij,3 



1508 The powerful league of Cambray deprives 



them of fomc of their territory 

 1518 They (fill carry fpices, &.c to Antwerp 

 J521 They ofter to buy all the fpice imported by 



the Portuiruefe - - . 



620 

 633 



652 

 669 



716 

 718 



30 



Co 

 120 

 128 

 169 

 ■C? 



7 9 

 ■73 

 170 

 196 

 .98 



20i 

 21 + 



J49' 



1555 PopulatioJi of the city 180,440 fouls 

 1560 Their trade with Antwerp in rich filks, &c 

 1566 They have a confidtrable trade in Perlia 142, 

 1 j7 2 And in Turkey - - 154, 



ijSo '1 hey make a commercial treaty with Turkey 

 1583 They load the Engli(h trade with heavy duties 

 1587 The laft Venetian aigolie that failed to Engl. 

 1390 During 400 years the city not increaled 



Venetians have factories at Bagdai, Goa, &c. 



1593 Reftraints upon their trade in England 



1599 The Venetians Lu\ to Archangel 



1607 The (enafe prohibits building churches, &c 



and giving legacies to the chinch 

 1621 Venice fends anmially £'400,000 to the Levant 306 

 1653 Englilh (hips of war hired by Venice 451, 474 



1669 Candia taken from Venice by the Turks 540 



1736 Venice made a free port - iii, loS 



1759 Velfels arrived^iis year, birth^. Ac . 316 



1763 Venice pays tribute to the Algerines for per- 



muting 15 fliips to iKivigate the Meditcr. 370 



1764 Bank iiitereft reduced to 4 per cent - 44^ 

 .772 V. amball'idor in Engl, ai cuftd of fuuiggling 526 

 1797- The government abolKhed — dominions trans- 

 ferred to the emperor of Ger'uany iv, 429 



1781 Verdi^irris made at home — duty on foreign i i, ogg 

 17 Vere and Engl, have mutual freedi-m of trad. ., 0S7 

 i;-. I; the eftaldilhed (h<( Ic of the Scot'ilh trade ii, 134 

 52,61 Vtrulam, a Roman colony — burnt i, 152, 134. 



