L’ultimo dei catalani. Il giro d’affari del mercante maiorchino Joan Canelles nella Cagliari del XVII secolo

In the Mediterranean of the seventeenth century, the great protagonists of long-distance traffic were the members of the commercial networks made up of compatriots and co-religionists such as the Nordics, Ligurians, Armenians and Jews. However, in the short routes that connect the shores of the western basin of the Mediterranean, through which the supplies of the Iberian and Italian maritime cities travel, merchants such as the Majorcan Juan Canelles continue to play an important role, carrying out an intense mercantile activity in Cagliari during the second quarter of the century.