Pietro Alvise, the son of a Venetian merchant, did not allow the situation to bring him down. Instead, he discussed a plan with his father, Luigi Alvise. “What you are planning is impossible, Pietro,” advised the old man, shaking his head. “Many have tried it before and no one has succeeded. It’s better if we wait until the market recovers.” Pietro Alvise thought if he could not convince his own family, how would he be able to convince anyone else? So he insisted, “The market isn’t going to recover. Don’t you see the rising interest rates? Aren’t our friends going broke one after another? I know that it can be done, father,” said Pietro. “We can build larger ships able to sail around Spain and France. We will take leather and glassware to Bruges and return with cloth.”
During the next weeks, Luigi Alvise and Pietro Alvise called on other businessmen until they managed to line up 100 investors(投资者) ready to offer money to the building of a big ship. The new ship weighed 500 tons. This was something unheard of at that time. Traditional Venetian ships had only one deck and were seldom more than 200 tons in weight. The big ship was built in the middle of the worst economic situation. In June of 1314, the ship sailed away from Venice, arriving two months later in Bruges. The trade expedition was a great success, turned around the economy of the area, and served as a basis for Venetian control of the world trade during the following centuries.
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