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Business, Trade, and Economic History

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Printed book bound in red and green Morocco and blue silk with text in Spanish reading "Viva Agustin Primero" on the inner front cover and "emperador de Mexico" on the inner back cover.

Apuntamientos sobre la necesidad de promover el cultivo del azucar y otros frutos

1822
Detail of a printed book shows a page with text in French and an illustration on the opposite page.

Code Noir: ou Recueil d’edits, déclarations et arrets concernant les Esclaves Nègres de l’Amérique

1743
Detail from book cover shows flower pattern with red details.

Descripçaõ da arvore assucareira

Hipolito Jose da Costa
1800
Detail of a printed book shows a circular illustration and text in Spanish.

Suma de geographia...

Martin Fernandez de Enciso
1546
Detail of a hand colored manuscript estate plan shows a large compass rose and trees on the estate.

[Estate plan of 300 acres of land near Holetown, Barbados]

John Hapcott
1646
Detail from book cover shows dark brown binding with a missing piece in the front and worn sides.

The Secretary's guide, or, Young mans companion

William Bradford
1728
Printed document shows details of a sugar plantation with manuscript notes.

Particulars of two valuable sugar plantations, St. Kitts . . .

Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket
1828
Detail of an engraved, colored map of Jamaica shows Kingston Harbor outlined in a greenish blue color and St. Andrew. Other surrounding locations labeled in English.

To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the Island of Jamaica...

James Robertson
1804

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Mind Your Business: Records of Early American Commerce at the John Carter Brown Library

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Gateway to a New World

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Watch "Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island"

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Elizabeth Heath Creates Digital Map to Explore Colonial France

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Fresh Ink: Spanish Dollars and Sister Republics by Tatiana Seijas

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