Пословање италијанског трговца Ђорђа Гучија у Дубровнику (1414-1428)
Business Dealings of Italian Merchant Georgi Guccii in Dubrovnik (1414-1428)
Author(s): Radmilo PekićSubject(s): History
Published by: Istorijski institut, Beograd
Keywords: Georgi Guccii; merchants; Dubrovnik (Raguse); Florentine; trade; testaments
Summary/Abstract: Italian merchant Georgi Gucii is of the one most important economi figures who worked in Dubrovnik during the second and third decade of the XV century. The subject of his merchandise were different kinds of goods like wheat,wax,textile,wool,products for painting,glass and other items.He was dealing with insurance which was just in its beginings in Dubrovnik. He was working with bank drafts and credits. Because of his wealth and because he was a good merchant, in town below Srđ he excelled as one of the greatest creditors of his time. The greatest amount of his wealth he used for a producing and selling textile, working on his own or with other merchants.Different merchandise activities weren't too much for him and he started another important business,with which he made a greate influence on others,becoming a greate glass merchant in Dubrovnik. He had a business cooperation with merchant from Balkan, Apennin and Pyrenees peninsulas. However after little more then a year he stopped producing glass and continued to work throught his shops.Three years after he stopped working with glass, he made a will and died soon.He made a wish to be burried in Dubrovnik, in Little brothers church, in the grave were his brother Mateo was burried. Georgi Gucii wasn't married but he left a minor daughter Elisabeth,who he had from a relationship with a maid. His assets in Dubrovnik and Florens were inherited by his brother Antonio.
Journal: Историјски часопис
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 59
- Page Range: 177-196
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Serbian