In a separate development, Venetian merchants started using paper bills, instructing their banker to make payments.

Similar marked silver bars were in use in lands where the Venetian merchants had established representative offices.

Venetian merchants introduced coffee-drinking to the wealthy in Venice, charging them heavily for the beverage.

The first is a letter from a Venetian merchant on 23 August 1497.

The vine was introduced to the area by Venetian merchants who brought cuttings from Greece.

During her reign the island was controlled by Venetian merchants.

Seized by Turks and sold in the market to a Venetian merchant.

The first historical account of an ascent to the peak is in 1456, by an unknown Venetian merchant searching for precious stones.

As the tax was viewed more beneficial to the Venetian merchants rather than to the land owners, there was strong objection among the feudatories.

They in turn attacked the Venetian merchants in the city.