1542. Carta de António Fernandes, mercador, para Diogo Duarte, também mercador.

Request letter from António Fernandes, merchant, to Diogo Duarte, also merchant.

The author tries to maintain a friendly relationship with Diogo Duarte, in spite of their previous commercial disputes.

The same pack includes other letters that came from Flandres at the same time, where various aspects about the local trade are discussed. Among the goods that were traded at the time, we have: olive oil, wool, wheat and swords. Some foreign exchange issues, commercial debt, the impact of scarcity or abundance of certain goods, besides other general matters, are also discussed in these documents.