hansea

Updated: May 28, 2025

The Hanseatic merchants of Cologne held the trade of London; those of Wisby and Lübeck governed that of the Baltic; Bruges, as head of the Hansea, was in close connection with all of these, as well as with Hull, York, Novgorod, and Bergen.

Various - Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 : France and the Netherlands, Part 2