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Ambitious Italian Diplomacy and Bourbon Seaward Plans
The article discusses Alberoni's scheme to unite Italian powers and wield a new Bourbon maritime empire. It details alliances among France, Spain, and Naples, aims to control the slave trade and key ports, and envisions sharing or seizing colonies to unseat British dominance in the Affiento trade, with Naples at the center of a vast, contentious commercial web.
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Ferdinand
Spain
Charles V
Philip II
Philip IV
Charles I
Philip H
Milan
Portugal
Europe
France
House of Bourbon
East
West Indies
Cardinal Alberoni
Italy
Tuscany
Naples
Sardinia
Sicily
Arica
Govea
Tres Ponts
Sicinan
Cape Malerado
Vritain
Gambia
Iag
Leghorn
Two Sicilies
Guiana
New World
Africa
Crechians
Fwo Sicilies
Utrecht