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Sailing News From The Atlantic Seaboard In 1728
Reports detail ships on the South Sea trade failing to bring in cargoes at Buenos Ayres and a Spanish privateer capturing the Beaver off Margarita, forcing the crew adrift and sending the captain to Plymouth. The excerpt includes a copied letter from St Domingo about tensions with Britain and a reproof of actions against the Dolphin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
St. Michael
River Plate
Parnam Duca
Brazil
Europe
South-Sea Company
Matthew Smith
News York
Carafao
Flower
Augusft
Land of
Margarita
Carafac
New-York
Bermuda
Plimouth
Samuel
Bryant
St. Domingo
Hispaniola
Commodore St.Loe
Esterday
Chatham
Henry Fowke
Dolphin
Japer Morris