What good was it for him to be involved in the merchant trade among the cities of Europe?

The merchant trade of Nassau expanded as the maritime traffic increased.

Through engaging in the merchant trade, by the mid-1740s Gautier had assets valued at 85,000 livres.

This insured that he would be able to enter the merchant trade respectably and successfully.

But the locals got as much from this merchant trade as they could.

He schooled in Koblenz before entering the merchant trade.

Trowbridge continued independently in the merchant trade, but quickly decided to move west.

In 1654 he moved to Virginia, where he spent three years, establishing a merchant trade and eventually acquiring some property.

The most tolerant strains of Islam have been spread through merchant trade rather than military conquest.

The only real reason we had any merchant trade was the mines.