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  • De Mari Stefano

    c. 1560
    Investor Finance and Banking
    Origin
    Genova
    Place of activity
    Napoli

    A Genoese banker resident in Naples, around 1560 he purchased through his brother Nicolò two galleys for 35,000 ducats, intended to be provided under asiento to the Spanish monarchy. The contract included fifty enslaved men per galley and an annual allowance of 6,000 gold ducats for each, secured on the fiscal payments of the Kingdom of Naples.