Newsletter from William Bolton & Co., Madeira, to Robert Heysham, London [manuscript], 1699.

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Newsletter from William Bolton & Co., Madeira, to Robert Heysham, London [manuscript], 1699.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441939289

Monthly newsletter with two entries dated January 8 and February 4, 1699. Contains information about Portuguese ships carrying wine to Brazil and English shipments to Barbados; account of mathematician Edmond Halley's trip to the coast of Brazil to observe "the variation of the compass"; and information of how Bolton's ship was being protected from marauding warships by Admiral Benbow, who was passing through Madeira to hunt pirates in the West Indies.

2 leaves ; 30 x 21 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7539504

Folger Shakespeare Library

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William Bolton and Co.

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William Bolton's company shipped wine from Madeira to the West Indies, New York, Boston, England and Ireland. Robert Heysham was a London merchant and slave trader. From the description of Newsletter from William Bolton & Co., Madeira, to Robert Heysham, London [manuscript], 1699. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 441939289 ...

Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742

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Heysham, Robert, active 17th century-18th century

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Bolton, William, active 1695-1711

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Benbow, John, 1653?-1702

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