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Friday 10 May 2019

Large number of foreign ships hired by Spain to be used as transports in the South America expeditionary force according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 22 May 1819

An item reported that the Spanish government hired 30 ships from merchants at London, England to be used as transports for expedition force bound for South America now prepared at Cadiz. Elsewhere is in the newspaper reported that the hired British, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Prussian, Swedish and Danish merchant ships were to gather end April at Cadiz to embark 20.000 military.