Abstract
This paper presents some of the aspects of tobacco trade between Venice, Drač and Skadar. Merchants from Dobrota had an important role in supplying the Venetian Republic with tobacco. In order to do that, they traded in the Ottoman port of Drač. When encountering difficulties with the Ottoman customs officers, merchants from Dobrota could reach out to the Venetian consul in Drač for assistance. Owing to this consul’s reports addressed to Venice, it is possible to reconstruct tobacco trade in Drač. On the other hand, merchants from Skadar, and some traders from the Bay of Kotor, tried to smuggle tobacco in Venice. Since smuggling activities could harm Venetian finances, some magistrates and officers in charge took necessary measures to repress illegal tobacco trade.
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