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| − | + | The first major English colony in the Caribbean (in the 1620s), Barbados is the economic capital of the Caribbee Islands (Lesser Antilles) throughout the middle and later parts of the 17th Century. Caribbean traders will find European goods numerous and the selling price of tobacco and sugar quite good. | |
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Barbados
The first major English colony in the Caribbean (in the 1620s), Barbados is the economic capital of the Caribbee Islands (Lesser Antilles) throughout the middle and later parts of the 17th Century. Caribbean traders will find European goods numerous and the selling price of tobacco and sugar quite good.
Timeline
18-20 Jan 1725:
- Arrived overnight
- Purchases 2 tuns cotton, 1 tun bottled rum
- John Hayden met with Captain Lockhart of His Majesty's Ship Pelican
- Rumjack arrived at port, expected to pursue
- Left in convoy with Princess Mary
