Maona di Chio e di Focea
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The Maona di Chio e di Focea (1346–1566) was a maona
formed to exact taxes for Genoa
upon the then-unconquered island of Chios
and port of Phocaea
; Genoa sold the rights to their taxes to the maona, which raised funds from its investors to buy galleys and conquer those places.
Maona
thumb|upright|Vincenzo Giustiniani was the last owner of the genoese "Maona of Chios"A maona or Societas comperarum was a medieval Italian association of investors formed to manage the purchased shares of the revenue due to the relevant city-state through tax farming; the shares were individually...
formed to exact taxes for Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
upon the then-unconquered island of Chios
Chios
Chios is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the Aegean Sea, seven kilometres off the Asia Minor coast. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. The island is noted for its strong merchant shipping community, its unique mastic gum and its medieval villages...
and port of Phocaea
Phocaea
Phocaea, or Phokaia, was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. Greek colonists from Phocaea founded the colony of Massalia in 600 BC, Emporion in 575 BC and Elea in 540 BC.-Geography:Phocaea was the northernmost...
; Genoa sold the rights to their taxes to the maona, which raised funds from its investors to buy galleys and conquer those places.