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The firm founded in Cologne in 1608 was a continuation of an earlier partnership between the late Pietro Pellicorno, Hureau, and Du Bois in Venice, |
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Tilmans in Pesaro, Valterio del Prato (and after his death, Boudewijns) in Cologne, and Van Colen in Amsterdam. |
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The company’s principal places of business would be the branches in Venice, run by Hureau and Du Bois, and in Amsterdam, run by Caspar van Colen and Gijsbert Tholincx. |
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Guglielmo Tilmans would run a smaller branch in Pesaro, an important stop on the trade route to Naples, and Jeremias Boudewijns would manage the business in Cologne. |
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Matteo van Loosen, married to a cousin of Margareta de Groote, would join the Venice branch, while Jan Pellicorne would participate from Leiden. |
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They would mainly trade in textiles from the Northern and Southern Netherlands, and Italian and Levantine products such as silk, cotton, rice, and currants, transported via both the overland and seaborne routes |
