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Four Brasilian ships arrive with sugar and gold dust
News from Port Louis reports four ships from Brasil laden with sugar, tobacco, and gold dust. more vessels are fitting out in several ports to sail by month end. A surge of newly minted gold coins circulates at 30 Livres, while storms bring widespread damage to Elva and Perpignan, with casualties, trees uprooted, and churches damaged.
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Paris Alamain
Paris
Port Louis
Brasil
Perpignan
Elva
Messina
Catanea
Friburg