Oran

Sources from old books:

1638. The merchants mappe of commerce wherein by Lewes Roberts.

Of ORAN, and the Trade thereof.

ORAN is seated upon this Shore also, and of late in possession of the Spaniards, whose immunities to such as come hither to reside have made the place noted for some traffique, especially for the commodities of this Countrey, which hence are transported into Spaine and Portugall, such as are horses, waxe, and some yeares corne in a great measure, as I have noted before.

The coines currant of Barbary, and which passe currently here, are those indifferently named before, and the coines of the opposite shoares of Spaine.

It is found they have here foure severall weights: First a quintar of 5 roves of 20 l. to a rove which is 100 l. or Rotolos: Secondly, a quintar of spices of 4 roves of 25 l. per rove which is 100 Rotolos: Thirdly, a quintar for corne, every quintar being only 6 Rotolos, and lastly a quintar for cottonwool, every quintar being 15 Rotolos, the 100 l. of London makes in the first 90 Rotolos; in the second 133. Rotolos; in the third for corne 48 Rotolos; and in the last 58⅛ Rotolos.

The Measures of ORON are found to be principally two, the one being the pico Morisco, the proper measure of the Countrey agreeing with the measure of Argier, before mentioned, and the other the Vare of Spaine here used in cloth, silke, and such like, by the Spaniards.