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Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1057 | 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:
What do the people do when they catch these types of fish, and how long do the fishing seasons last.
📖 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: 1058 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing Techniques & Equipment
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
What types of boats are used, and how many men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year.
📖 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: 1059 | ID2: 71
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 men are usually in the crew? If they work for a month or a year.
📖 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: 1060 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing Techniques & Equipment
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
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?
📖 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: 1061 | 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:
When is the fishing season and how long does it last.
📖 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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Muraena helena - "Moray Eel" - [FR: Murene]

ID: 1062 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Murene
Vernacular Name: Moray Eel
Scientific Name: Muraena helena
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If goods from foreign fishing products are brought into the ports, such as moray eels, herring, and salted anchovies, tuna, and marinated sardines [?]
📖 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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Clupea harengus - "Herring" - [FR: Hareng]

ID: 1063 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Hareng
Vernacular Name: Herring
Scientific Name: Clupea harengus
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If goods from foreign fishing products are brought into the ports, such as moray eels, herring, and salted anchovies, tuna, and marinated sardines [?]
📖 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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Engraulis encrasicolus - "Anchovy" - [FR: Anchoie]

ID: 1064 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Anchoie
Vernacular Name: Anchovy
Scientific Name: Engraulis encrasicolus
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If goods from foreign fishing products are brought into the ports, such as moray eels, herring, and salted anchovies, tuna, and marinated sardines [?]
📖 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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Thunnus thynnus - "Tuna" - [FR: Thon]

ID: 1065 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Thon
Vernacular Name: Tuna
Scientific Name: Thunnus thynnus
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If goods from foreign fishing products are brought into the ports, such as moray eels, herring, and salted anchovies, tuna, and marinated sardines [?]
📖 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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Sardinops sagax - "Sardine" - [FR: Sardine]

ID: 1066 | ID2: 71
Document Type: Sent
Original French Name: Sardine
Vernacular Name: Sardine
Scientific Name: Sardinops sagax
Location: Peloponnese, Greece
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fishing
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
If goods from foreign fishing products are brought into the ports, such as moray eels, herring, and salted anchovies, tuna, and marinated sardines [?]
📖 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: 1067 | 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:
Where these types of goods come from and what kind of sailors are sailors who do this, where they take their cargo, and if this type of merchandise is sold at a good price
📖 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: 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
Original Document: View Source ↗

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
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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
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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
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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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Pisces - "Fish"

ID: 1085 | ID2: 73
Document Type: Received
Vernacular Name: Fish
Scientific Name: Pisces
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Region: Mediterranean
Ocean: Atlantic
Year: 1723
Data Type: Fish
📝 Data Remarks / Observations:
The Council will find enclosed here with what I was able to gather concerning fishing along the coast of Egypt, and will see that there are no general or common fishing grounds, except in the lakes near Rossette and Damietta
📖 Full Translated Text:
In Alexandria, 10 March 1723. From the Council of the Navy. The Council will find enclosed here with what I was able to gather concerning fishing along the coast of Egypt, and will see that there are no general or common fishing grounds, except in the lakes near Rossette and Damietta, about which I say nothing because they are amply and accurately described in the Cairo Memoir. There is nothing curious in this country, either in terms of birds or shells, except perhaps that [Continued in Levant (15)]
Source: Levant (14)
Recorded By: Emma Millet
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