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Perilous Atlantic Dispatches From The 18th Century Fleet
A Lisbon to Cadiz trade report lists gold in bars dust and coin, diamonds, and large cargoes from the Rio de Janeiro fleet. James Oglethorpe and clergy prepare to sail for Georgia to evangelize among Native nations with a donation of bishop’s treatises. Diplomatic notes describe Dutch and Imperial moves, Congress talks, and military orders as Europe eyes Treves and Aix la Chapelle while mercantile seizures affect merchants in Portugal and Verona.
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Magdebourg
Calberstaer
Minden
Pouon Don
Osober
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Mendirez
Vicero
Peru
Cadiz
West Indies
Council of the Indies
Lima
Ministers of Justice
James Oglethorpe
St. Joseph
Portugal
Rees
Brazil
Almirante
Rio
Bahia
Lisbon
Verona
N.S
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Venice
Hague
Holland
Don Carlos
Italy
the Hague
Jucita
Sis
Aix la. Chapelle
France
Netherlands
Empire
Massial Goigny
Treves
Count de Belleisle
Elector Palatin
Manheim
Spirebach
Neustadt
Kezerlauteran