These three articles amounted to nearly 90% of the country's exports to western markets by overland- and maritime trade.
In Italy, independent city states grew affluent on eastern maritime trade.
However, dominance in this most adventurous, dangerous and potentially lucrative of all maritime trades was not supported by an extensive, local, ship building industry.
From about 1250 Ærøskøbing was the centre for the island's commercial and maritime trade.
They were famous traders, who conducted maritime trade with Eastern and Western countries of the contemporary world.
Robert was outlived by his wife Margaret and five remaining children, some of whom carried on in sailmaking, or other, maritime trades.
Silkies most likely made their way to the West via the Silk Route and maritime trade.
This established the progressive elimination of customs duties on industrial products, but did not affect agricultural products or maritime trade.
This was a clear indication of the desire of the Ming to control maritime trade to the south, and exploit the economic advantage of such control.
Late converts to Islam, the Bugis dominated maritime trade in the East Indies and were considered pirates by the invading Dutch.