Sentences with phrase «wealthy merchants from»

In ancient times, the island was a crossroads for pilgrims, mariners, and wealthy merchants from three continents.

In 1839, the Mexican governor of California granted the ranch to Tiburcio Tapia, who was a wealthy merchant from Los Angeles.

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Goodman dives in with the standard 4 A.M. wake up call that almost all Tudor denizens answered, and moves on through the day, touching on the lives of everyone from the lowliest peasant to the wealthiest merchants and royals.

In simple words, a loan can change your life from the little zeros you have in your pocket to a rick wealthy merchant.

7) Sam Kee's revenge: The world's shallowest commercial building is located in Vancouver, B.C. Between 1903 and 1913, city planners expropriated 24 feet of land from the Sam Kee Company (one of the wealthiest merchant's in Chinatown in the early 1900s), so the firm decided to make the most out of the space.

While many merchants and traders became wealthy from the mahogany industry, new mahogany trees weren't initially planted.

The collection of Gianni Mattioli, a wealthy Milanese cotton merchant — 25 paintings and one drawing, including works by Italian futurists — was on long - term loan at the palazzo from 1997 until last year, when it was returned to Mattioli's daughter.

Windyhill, in Kilmacolm, 29 miles from Glasgow, is a sprawling property commissioned by Mackintosh's friend and patron, wealthy merchant William Davidson in 1900.