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Trade. F rom th e p ro fit g a in ed fro m th is in te r-A sia tic trad e , A sian g o o d s
3 On Chinese silk in Europe in 13th and 14th century, see R.S. Lopez, “China silk in Europe in the Yuan Period J o u rn a l o f th e A m erica n O rien ta l S o c ie ty , 72 (1952); see also
Lopez’s “Nuove luci sugli italiani in Estremo Oriente’ in A tti d e l C onvegno In te rn a zio n a le
d i S tu d i C o lo m b ia n i, Genova，1952. A more recent survey of findings can be found in M.
