Trading Collection (page 6)

Dingle Harbour
View across the harbour at Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. the chief town on the Dingle Peninsula; the chief port in the days of trading with Spain. Date: 1950s

Trading with Indians
Native American Indians trading goods on the platform of a train station for a bottle of liquor from a gentlman in a straw boater, U.S.A. Date: early 1930s

Wherries on the Yare
The sailing wherry Albion, on the River Yare, Norfolk, England, one of the last wherries used for trading on the Norfolk Broads. Date: 1960s

A Guajiro Market - Venezuela
A Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayuu, Guajiro, Wahiro) Market in Venzuela. The Guajiro are an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. Date: circa 1930s

Sudan - Khartoum - The Grain Market Date: circa 1904

Moroccan Moorish Market (rather a folly/fraud of an image, as it depicts an Ottoman Fountain in Morocco, even though the Ottoman Empire never stretched as far as Morocco....!). Date: circa 1910s

Brazil - Import and Export Business
Moyses Ezagui & Irmao - Import and Export Business - Itaoatiara, Brazil (in Amazon). Date: circa 1910s

Izmir, Turkey - Activity on the quayside
Busy activity at the port of Smyrne (Smyrna, modern Izmir), Turkey Date: 1905

British / India 1613
The first English trading post in India at Surat. There is a warehouse and a church. This image is taken from the Voyages of Mandelslo, published in 1727. Date: 1613

Landing opium from the Pekin at Hong Kong
Men landing opium at Hong Kong from the Pekin Date: 1857

Boots delivery van
A glum looking deliveryman sits aboard his Boots The Chemists delivery van

Auction at Newton Abbott Livestock Market
An auction in progress at Newton Abbott Livestock Market

Trading vessels at Solva, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A view of trading vessels, with a group of people on the shore, at Solva, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Steamship off the coast of Africa
A steamship off the coast of Africa, no doubt engaged in the export and import of goods, in this Empire Marketing Board depiction

The Gold Coast (Ghana) - Tarkwa. Headquarters of the Tarkwa Trading Company

Port Said, Egypt - Commercial Street
Commercial Street (Chareh-el-Tegara) - Port Said, Egypt

Trading houses and twin towers, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Colonial style trading houses and the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in the Fort area of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Takoradi Harbour
British Empire Marketing Board poster depicting a view of Takoradi Harbour in Ghana, West Africa, showing the industrial harbour and a number of workers carrying goods towards waiting merchant ships

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo - Market traders weighing large sacks of grain in the main Sarajevo Market

Arab Market in Cairo, Egypt

Cairo, Egypt - The Bazaars
The Bazaars - Cairo, Egypt

Selection and packing of dates at Nefta, Tunisia
The sorting / selection and packing into cases of dates at Nefta, Tunisia

The steps leading down to a Fondouk at Bousaada, Algeria
The steps leading down to a Fondouk courtyard with palm trees and camel at Bousaada, Algeria. The Fandouks are the old inns and trading posts for a city

Arabian Merchant - promotional card
Promotional postcard for an Algerian merchant selling items from across North Africa and the Middle East. English Spoken !

Camels at a Fondouk
Camels at a Fandouk (trading post), Algeria, North Africa. The Fandouks are the old inns and trading posts for a city. Animals of the traders were housed inside the courtyards of the fandouk

Tangiers, Morocco - The Grand Market (Souk)
Tangiers, Morocco - The Grand Covered Market (Souk)

Small outdoor Market in Constantinople
A scene in a small outdoor market at Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey

Rug Seller - Grand Bazaar, Constantinople
Rug shop in the Grand Bazaar, Constantinople, with the proprietor examining a rug

Marseilles, France - The Quay
Marseilles, France. The Quayside with wine barrels lined up ready for export

A Careful Investment
Two women are being served at a shop counter by a gentleman who is presenting them with items that they may like to purchase

Grain Market - Antioch, Turkey
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. Founded in the 4th century BC, eventually rivalling Alexandria as the greatest Near Eastern City

Madeira Barrels - Madeira, Portugal
Wine production on the island of Madeira is of utmost importance to the Islands economy. Prince Henry the Navigator probably introduced the first vines to Madeira during initial colonisation of

The Petrovski Quay at Baku, Azerbaijan

Tarsus, Turkey - Bridge of Cydnus
The Bridge of Cydnus at Tarsus, Turkey. A city in Mersin Province, near to the city of Adana. With a history going back over 9, 000 years Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders

Gythion - Greece
Gythion, Greece. It was inhabited since the early historic times, serving as a trading station to the Phoenicians. During the Peloponnesian War, it was a Spartan naval base

Belgian Congo - Market at Kabinda
A native Central African market at Kabinda, Congo

Samsun - Camel train leaves for Baghdad
Camel train leaving for Baghdad from Samsun, Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital of Samsun Province and important Port. Former Greek colony (BC). Captured by Seljuks in 1200

Ottoman Empire Views (5 / 5)
In the Bazaar - salesmen, traders and shoppers

Izmir, Turkey - Camel Train
A camel train passing through (or entering/leaving) Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey close to the Roman Aqueduct

Pottery Sellers - Tangiers, Morocco

Fruit Sellers - Tangiers, Morocco
Fruit Sellers at a Tangiers Market, Morooc

Advertising Card for rug importer
Advertising card for a Belgian Turkish rug importer, showing the owner of the company, Leonhard Tietz, negotiating the price of a rug. He had an office in Rassim Pacha Han in Istanbul

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Trade Caravans
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

The Bitter Lakes - Suez, Egypt
A steamship passing the North Lighthouse as it crosses the Bitter Lakes at the Northern entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt

Essaouira, Morocco - tourists landing
Essaouira (formerly Mogador) - tourist resort on the Western Moroccan region of Marrakesh on the Atlantic coast - occupied since prehistoric times

The Danish Aldwych Settlement, 11th century
Illustration showing the Aldwych Danish settlement, near London in the time of Canute, 11th century. This image shows a trading boat being unloaded onto the foreshore

Trading Vessels
Trading vessels in an Italian sea-port

Tunisia Utica
Reconstruction of Utica, Phoenician trading port and colony, 24 km from ancient Carthage and modern Tunis

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