Great Merchants are one of the types of 
Great People in Civilization VI. They have a variety of effects, but most are related to gold, trade routes, or City-States.
List of Great Merchants[]
| Name | Era | Activated Effect |
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| Adam Smith | Industrial Era | Gain +1 Economic Policy Slot in any Government. |
| Colaeus | Classical Era | Gain 100 faith. Gain 1 free copy of currently occupied luxury resource to give to Capital. (Must be on luxury resource.) |
| Estée Lauder | Information Era | Gain 2 Perfume |
| Giovanni de' Medici | Renaissance Era | Instantly builds a Bank and Market in this district. The Bank gets 2 Great Work slots, which can hold anything. |
| Helena Rubinstein | Atomic Era | Grants 2  Cosmetics, a uniquely manufactured Luxury resource which provides +4  Amenities.
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| Irene of Athens | Medieval Era | +1 trade route and you gain luxury resource on tile at your capital |
| Jakob Fugger | Renaissance Era | Gain 200 Gold. Gain 2  Envoys.
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| Jamsetji Tata | Information Era | Campus districts provide 10+ Tourism |
| John Jacob Astor | Industrial Era | Gain 1,500 Gold. Gain 2 Envoys.
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| John Rockefeller | Modern Era | Grants 1  Oil, a Strategic resource. Your Trade Routes gain +2 Gold for each Strategic resource improved by the destination city.
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| John Spilsbury | Industrial Era | Grants  Toys. Toys are a unique resource that provide +4 Amenities.
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| Levi Strauss | Atomic Era | Grants 2  Jeans. Jeans are a unique resource that provide +4 Amenities.
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| Marco Polo | Medieval Era | Trade route +1, 1 traderd, foreign trade routes +2 gold
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| Marcus Licinius Crassus | Classical Era | Gain 60 Gold. Your nearest city annexes this tile into its territory.
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| Mary Katherine Goddard | Modern Era | +1 level of diplomatic visibility with all other civilizations. |
| Masaru Ibuka | Information Era | Industrial districts provide +10 tourism |
| Melitta Bentz | Atomic Era | Increases  Trade Route capacity by 1. +25%  Tourism rate towards other civilizations you have a Trade Route to.
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| Piero de' Bardi | Medieval Era | Gain 600 Gold. Gain 1 Envoy.
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| Raja Todar Mal | Renaissance Era | +1 Envoy, internal trade routes +0.5 gold for each specialty district
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| Sarah Breedlove | Modern Era | +25% Tourism rate towards other civilizations you have a Trade Route to.
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| Zhang Qian | Classical Era | Increases Trade Route capacity by 1. Foreign Trade Routes to this city provide +2  Gold in both cities.
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