Archival Corpus
Belongs to: Historical Archive of Crete (Ιστορικό Αρχείο Κρήτης) ,Chania
Archival collection name (source language): Ιδιωτικά εμπορικά κατάστιχα
Archival collection name (source language): Ιδιωτικά εμπορικά κατάστιχα
Archival collection history :
72 registers (some in ottoman Turkish and other in greek language) from the period 1840-1909 that contain information about the commercial activities of various merchants acting mostly in the city of Chania. In these registers, there is information about the various merchandise that is being traded and the amount that it is paid to each merchant. In some cases, there are wholesalers, intermediaries, or even a small company. In some of the registers, there is information about the captains and the ships that transferred the products and the ports where those products were transferred.