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Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1068 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Consumption, Use & Preparations
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
For the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. [i.e foreign fish goods]
📖 Full Translated Text:
What are the species commonly fished during the season on the coasts of Mora, common and practised by other nations? By common fish, we mean those similar to tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel. What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last. What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year. What kinds of instruments do they use to catch these fish? Are there any similarities with many of the general fishing methods used in Europe? If they are fished, these fish are said to be of good quality. If there are also tuna when they pass by and if a special fishery is made of them, what season and how long it lasts. From the Product of Foreign Fisheries: if they bring into the ports of the moie deffes interes pieces of merchandise from foreign fisheries such as moray eels, herring, and salted sprats [?], anchovies, tuna, marinated sardines [?]. Who are the sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price, and for the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...] If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports. Fresh fish: What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast? The coastal residents are the ones who promise that it will be consumed. It is transported in large quantities to the inhabitants of the inland [...]
Source: Levant (12)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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"Caviar" - [FR: Caviar]

ID: 1069 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Caviar
Vernacular Name: Caviar
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Trade & Commerce
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...]
📖 Full Translated Text:
What are the species commonly fished during the season on the coasts of Mora, common and practised by other nations? By common fish, we mean those similar to tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel. What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last. What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year. What kinds of instruments do they use to catch these fish? Are there any similarities with many of the general fishing methods used in Europe? If they are fished, these fish are said to be of good quality. If there are also tuna when they pass by and if a special fishery is made of them, what season and how long it lasts. From the Product of Foreign Fisheries: if they bring into the ports of the moie deffes interes pieces of merchandise from foreign fisheries such as moray eels, herring, and salted sprats [?], anchovies, tuna, marinated sardines [?]. Who are the sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price, and for the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...] If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports. Fresh fish: What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast? The coastal residents are the ones who promise that it will be consumed. It is transported in large quantities to the inhabitants of the inland [...]
Source: Levant (12)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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"Fish Roe" - [FR: Rou]

ID: 1070 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Rou
Vernacular Name: Fish Roe
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Trade & Commerce
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...]
📖 Full Translated Text:
What are the species commonly fished during the season on the coasts of Mora, common and practised by other nations? By common fish, we mean those similar to tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel. What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last. What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year. What kinds of instruments do they use to catch these fish? Are there any similarities with many of the general fishing methods used in Europe? If they are fished, these fish are said to be of good quality. If there are also tuna when they pass by and if a special fishery is made of them, what season and how long it lasts. From the Product of Foreign Fisheries: if they bring into the ports of the moie deffes interes pieces of merchandise from foreign fisheries such as moray eels, herring, and salted sprats [?], anchovies, tuna, marinated sardines [?]. Who are the sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price, and for the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...] If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports. Fresh fish: What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast? The coastal residents are the ones who promise that it will be consumed. It is transported in large quantities to the inhabitants of the inland [...]
Source: Levant (12)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Coralanthura - "Coral" - [FR: Corail]

ID: 1071 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Corail
Vernacular Name: Coral
Scientific Name: Coralanthura
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Trade & Commerce
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports
📖 Full Translated Text:
What are the species commonly fished during the season on the coasts of Mora, common and practised by other nations? By common fish, we mean those similar to tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel. What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last. What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year. What kinds of instruments do they use to catch these fish? Are there any similarities with many of the general fishing methods used in Europe? If they are fished, these fish are said to be of good quality. If there are also tuna when they pass by and if a special fishery is made of them, what season and how long it lasts. From the Product of Foreign Fisheries: if they bring into the ports of the moie deffes interes pieces of merchandise from foreign fisheries such as moray eels, herring, and salted sprats [?], anchovies, tuna, marinated sardines [?]. Who are the sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price, and for the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...] If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports. Fresh fish: What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast? The coastal residents are the ones who promise that it will be consumed. It is transported in large quantities to the inhabitants of the inland [...]
Source: Levant (12)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1072 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast?
📖 Full Translated Text:
What are the species commonly fished during the season on the coasts of Mora, common and practised by other nations? By common fish, we mean those similar to tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel. What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last. What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year. What kinds of instruments do they use to catch these fish? Are there any similarities with many of the general fishing methods used in Europe? If they are fished, these fish are said to be of good quality. If there are also tuna when they pass by and if a special fishery is made of them, what season and how long it lasts. From the Product of Foreign Fisheries: if they bring into the ports of the moie deffes interes pieces of merchandise from foreign fisheries such as moray eels, herring, and salted sprats [?], anchovies, tuna, marinated sardines [?]. Who are the sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price, and for the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...] If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports. Fresh fish: What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast? The coastal residents are the ones who promise that it will be consumed. It is transported in large quantities to the inhabitants of the inland [...]
Source: Levant (12)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
Original Document: View Source ↗

Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1073 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Consumption, Use & Preparations
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Are the small fresh fish consumed in large quantities by the population
📖 Full Translated Text:
What are the species commonly fished during the season on the coasts of Mora, common and practised by other nations? By common fish, we mean those similar to tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel. What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last. What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year. What kinds of instruments do they use to catch these fish? Are there any similarities with many of the general fishing methods used in Europe? If they are fished, these fish are said to be of good quality. If there are also tuna when they pass by and if a special fishery is made of them, what season and how long it lasts. From the Product of Foreign Fisheries: if they bring into the ports of the moie deffes interes pieces of merchandise from foreign fisheries such as moray eels, herring, and salted sprats [?], anchovies, tuna, marinated sardines [?]. Who are the sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price, and for the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...] If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports. Fresh fish: What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast? The coastal residents are the ones who promise that it will be consumed. It is transported in large quantities to the inhabitants of the inland [...]
Source: Levant (12)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
Original Document: View Source ↗

Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1074 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Trade & Commerce
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Are the small fresh fish brought inland
📖 Full Translated Text:
What are the species commonly fished during the season on the coasts of Mora, common and practised by other nations? By common fish, we mean those similar to tuna, sardines, herring, and mackerel. What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last. What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year. What kinds of instruments do they use to catch these fish? Are there any similarities with many of the general fishing methods used in Europe? If they are fished, these fish are said to be of good quality. If there are also tuna when they pass by and if a special fishery is made of them, what season and how long it lasts. From the Product of Foreign Fisheries: if they bring into the ports of the moie deffes interes pieces of merchandise from foreign fisheries such as moray eels, herring, and salted sprats [?], anchovies, tuna, marinated sardines [?]. Who are the sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price, and for the consumption, find out from the inhabitants what kinds of merchandise from the country they will exchange for this. If caviar and bottarga are brought there and from whom [...] If coral and amber are traded there and who are those who bring them to the ports. Fresh fish: What are the small fresh fish that are caught on the coast? The coastal residents are the ones who promise that it will be consumed. It is transported in large quantities to the inhabitants of the inland [...]
Source: Levant (12)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
Original Document: View Source ↗

Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1075 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The author of this Memoire asks what little fisheries are done in the area.
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1076 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Labour & Fishermen Nationality
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
How many people are engaged in the fishery.
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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"Triton" - [FR: Triton]

ID: 1077 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Triton
Vernacular Name: Triton
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Are there any marine monsters to be found on the coast of Morea. [?] Are there any signs of marine monsters named Tritons, Mermaid or sirens?
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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"Mermaid" - [FR: Sirene]

ID: 1078 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Sirene
Vernacular Name: Mermaid
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Are there any marine monsters to be found on the coast of Morea. [?] Are there any signs of marine monsters named Tritons, Mermaid or sirens?
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Mollusca - "Shellfish" - [FR: Coquillage]

ID: 1080 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Coquillage
Vernacular Name: Shellfish
Scientific Name: Mollusca
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The author demands a report on the specific species, whether they are consumed in abundance and their value.
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Ostreidae - "Oyster" - [FR: Huitre]

ID: 1081 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Huitre
Vernacular Name: Oyster
Scientific Name: Ostreidae
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Are oysters and mussels found on the Morea coast.
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Mytilus edulis - "Mussel" - [FR: Moule]

ID: 1082 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Moule
Vernacular Name: Mussel
Scientific Name: Mytilus edulis
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Observation
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Are oysters and mussels found on the Morea coast.
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
Original Document: View Source ↗

Coralanthura - "Coral" - [FR: Corail]

ID: 1083 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Corail
Vernacular Name: Coral
Scientific Name: Coralanthura
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Are coral found on the coast and if so, is a fishery developed for this purpose.
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Laminaria - "Brown Algae" - [FR: Algue]

ID: 1084 | ID2: 72
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Algue
Vernacular Name: Brown Algae
Scientific Name: Laminaria
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If seaweeds are fished in the area and used for any purpose.
Source: Levant (13)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Thunnus thynnus - "Tuna" - [FR: Thon]

ID: 1088 | ID2: 74
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Thon
Vernacular Name: Tuna
Scientific Name: Thunnus thynnus
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The author wishes to know whether there are any Tuna or Sardine present of the coasts of Alexandria and whether a fishery is developed for this purpose.
Source: Levant (16)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Sardinops sagax - "Sardine" - [FR: Sardine]

ID: 1089 | ID2: 74
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Sardine
Vernacular Name: Sardine
Scientific Name: Sardinops sagax
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The author wishes to know whether there are any Tuna or Sardine present of the coasts of Alexandria and whether a fishery is developed for this purpose.
Source: Levant (16)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1090 | ID2: 74
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fish
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
Lemaire also wishes to know what type of boats are used by the Egyptians for their fishing activities and what type of equipment is used.
Source: Levant (16)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1091 | ID2: 74
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fish
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The author asks whether the fisheries lead to any type of fish preparation.
Source: Levant (16)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
Original Document: View Source ↗