The CADIZ MERCHANT sails for Jamaica. They stop briefly at Nevis, and find in Jamaica that sugar is very scarce after a drought.

The CADIZ MERCHANT sails for Jamaica with a cargo and some eighty passengers, in a convoy of ships. Barlow describes the course of their journey, and the island of Nevis. At Jamaica sugar and other goods for loading are very scarce after a season of drought.

Record Details

Item reference: JOD/4/220
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1659-1703; 1680
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London