The Best and Worst of Britain
A Portuguese merchant assesses Great Britain’s market under the Hanoverians.
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Manoel Gonzales
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A Portuguese merchant (or so he tells us) of the eighteenth century, who has left us an intriguing analysis of his English market.
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