Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That’s quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible.
p. 74: “The register ships are all upon the fame footing; we shall only instance from the Canaries, they are allowed four or five register ships of about 150 tons each, viz. two to Havana, one to Caraccas, one to Campeche, one to St. Jago de Cuba, to carry no dry goods, only wines and brandies; may bring home silver, and coarse goods, viz. sugar, hides, snuff, &V. but no cochineal, indigo, &c. are generally twelve months upon the voyage.”
Source
William Douglass. A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements and present state of the British settlements in North-America. London, 1760.
p. 74: “The register ships are all upon the fame footing; we shall only instance from the Canaries, they are allowed four or five register ships of about 150 tons each, viz. two to Havana, one to Caraccas, one to Campeche, one to St. Jago de Cuba, to carry no dry goods, only wines and brandies; may bring home silver, and coarse goods, viz. sugar, hides, snuff, &V. but no cochineal, indigo, &c. are generally twelve months upon the voyage.”
Source
William Douglass. A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements and present state of the British settlements in North-America. London, 1760.
