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Floods and Earthquakes Hit Selva Island Reports
The Paris Alamein report details protracted rain in Majorca causing floods near Selva. Shocks of earthquake accompanied by loud subterranean noises as waters broke from valleys. Cadiz notes ships bearing silver, plate, and goods reaching port, with prisoners captured by Maltese privateers. Paris stock troubles rise as bills devalue. Law is imprisoned in the Bastille amid rumors of loot. Dutch and English ships move through Cadiz, with royal progress and African Company shipments slated for the coast.
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Majorca
Selva
Cadiz
Spanish West Indies
Don Fernando Chacoin
Veracruz
Porto Rico
Cartagena
Malta
Paris
Qur Stock-joldbers
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William Law
Bastille
Versailles
Duke of
Chartres