Maona of Chios and Phocaea
Maona of Chios and Phocaea Maona di Chio e di Focea | |||||||||
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| 1346–1566 | |||||||||
| Status | Protectorate of Genoa | ||||||||
| Capital | Chios | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1346 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1566 | ||||||||
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Maona of Chios and Phocaea (Italian: Maona di Chio e di Focea; 1346–1566) was a maona formed to exact taxes for the Republic of Genoa from the 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 eventually re-conquer Chios and Phocaea.