Jacob Fugger was best known as
A) a lender of half a million florins to King Charles I of Spain.
B) venturing into buying, selling, and speculating in all kinds of goods, providing financial services to merchants, clergy, and rulers.
C) an investor in copper and silver mines where improved technology was enabling more efficient mining.
D) the wealthiest banker of the era, operating out of Augsburg.
E) All of these
E
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