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17th-century English slave traders (26 P) Pages in category "17th-century English merchants" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 214 total.
A candle auction, or auction by the candle, is a variation on the typical English auction that became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. [1] In a candle auction, the end of the auction is signaled by the expiration of a candle flame, which was intended to ensure that no one could know exactly when the auction would end and make a last-second bid.
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In some parts of England during the 17th and 18th centuries, auctions by candle began to be used for the sale of goods and leaseholds. [12] In a candle auction, the end of the auction was signaled by the expiration of a candle flame, which was intended to ensure that no one could know exactly when the auction would end and make a last-second bid.
In December 1901 and January 1902, at the direction of archaeologist Jacques de Morgan, Father Jean-Vincent Scheil, OP found a 2.25 meter (or 88.5 inch) tall basalt or diorite stele in three pieces inscribed with 4,130 lines of cuneiform law dictated by Hammurabi (c. 1792–1750 BC) of the First Babylonian Empire in the city of Shush, Iran.
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Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in oriental costume, 1679. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) [1] [2] was a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler. [3] Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense, covered, by his own account, 60,000 leagues in making six voyages to Persia and India between the years 1630 and 1668.