1553年,一群倫敦商人與貴族出資組織了一家貿易公司,名為「前往新大陸的商人與探險家公司(英语:Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands)」(the Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands,不久後改組為知名的「莫斯科公司」),他
countryside.16 Slaves were everywhere in Lisbon, according to the Florentine merchant Filippo Sassetti, who was also living in the city during 1578. Black slaves