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Gâvres passage - coll. part.
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Economic geography
Port-Louis inhabitants did not limit themselves to navigating along the French coast either in the West or in the South.
They sometimes sailed very far to :
- The Iberic peninsula
- the islands of the Atlantic Ocean (Madeira and the Antilles)
- The countries of the North (Norway, Holland, Flanders, England, Germany)
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time
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types
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tonnage
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names
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| XVth century |
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numerous
5 - 20 t |
Religious for three-quarters |
| End XVIth and under Louis XIIIth |
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7 gauging 50 in 80 barrels
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Appearance of feminine first names |
| Louis XIVth |
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12 gauging 40 in 170 barrels
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reappearance of religious names, but feminine first names remain numerous |
| Louis XVth |
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5 gauging 40 in 250 barrels
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Appearance of different names |
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The pit-prop export
coll. part. |
- Salt and wines (at any time)
- Useful products : olive oil, olives, soap, coal, sugar, jam, sheets and cloth.
- Building materials : tiles and slates, lime, loam stones, resin, tar.
- Shipyards materials : boards and masts
- Armament of vessels : iron and steel.
- Mainly cereal : wheat, rye, oat.
- Sardines from XVIth century onward.
- Butter, honey, wax, leather.
- Pinewood : mines props to Wales at the beginning of the XXth century.
