Japanese Teachers at the Royal School of Commerce (1873-1923)

Only five years after the Royal Superior School of Commerce (the present Ca' Foscari University) was founded in 1868, the School introduced, for the first time in Italy, Japanese language courses taught by native speakers. The classes started in 1873 and continued until 1888, and were again part of the curriculum from 1909 to 1923. In those years a little number of very active Japanese teachers (interprets, linguists, sculptors and painters) contributed to shaping the education in Japanese of Italian students, who in turn went on to direct Japanese instruction in Italy. Their guiding spirit was Guglielmo Berchet, a tireless promoter of Italo-Japanese relations

Ottoman Merchants and Venetian Notaries in the Early Modern Period

The aim of this paper is to study the presence of Ottoman merchants in Venice in the Modern Age. The Ottoman shipping partnership as well as the Venetian commenda were based on the mudarebe (classical Islamic shipping partnership) and several examples of this kind of partnerships may be found even between Christians and Muslims. Notarial deeds were above all proxies and often give information on merchants, their number and even their private life. Some of them were agents but there were also family companies and Ottoman grandees who were involved in international trade. Communities of merchants both in Istanbul and in Venice were also sometimes created. Last but not least, these sources contain also some examples of insurance made by Muslims to protect their goods. In general in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman merchants who traded in Venice were not alone, but they could refer to a real commercial network. Ancient historiographical theories say that in the Modern Age Ottoman Muslims were not interested in international trade and that they left it completely in Christian and Jewish hands, however documents tell us a completely different story, a story of contacts, exchanges, and even confidence and friendship

Venecia y sus lagunas

Posiblemente imp. en los primeros cuarenta años del siglo X

Carpaccio, son temps et son oeuvre.

On cover: Édition de 400 exemplaires.At head of title: P. Molmenti.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet

Venezia.

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Vittore Carpaccio et la Confrérie de Sainte Ursule à Venise /

Issued in portfolio.Mode of access: Internet

La vie privée à Venise, depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à la chute de la République / par P. G. Molmenti...

Contient une table des matière

Venice.

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