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Commodities and Food

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Detail of a printed text shows full-page illustrations of tools for the preparation of hot chocolate.

Du Bon usage du thé, du caffé et du chocolat pour la preservation & pour la guerison des maladies.

Nicolas de Blegny
1687
Detail of a printed map shows decorative elements such a sun, a person carrying arrows, ships and fish at sea, a scale, and a key with text in French at the bottom of the map.

Carte geographique de la Nouvelle France

Samuel de Champlain
1612
Detail of a printed book shows text in French that indicate foods such as "Pain Frais" and "Biscuit" with corresponding amounts in ounces.

Composition de la ration des gens de mer

French Admiralty
1785
Detail of an engraved print shows children blowing bubbles in a grassy area. Items in the image are labeled and a portion of the key is visible.

Enseñar desde luego silabeando

Jose de Nava
1802
printed list and descriptions of commodities

General orders of the government of officers in the plantations

H. Teape
1764-1805
Detail of a printed book shows red binding with gold details at the borders of the boards and all along the spine.

Guia política, eclesiástica y militar del Virreynato del Perú

Hipólito Unanue
1795

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detail of a plan showing plantations and dwellings

Rooms of their Own: Dwellings of the Enslaved and the Free in the Early Americas

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scene of sugar cane planting

Sugar and the Visual Imagination in the Atlantic World, circa 1600-1860

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men work inside a mine

Subterranean Worlds: Under the Earth in the Early Americas

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Black people work at a sugar mill with clouds and a palm tree outside

The Americas on Fire

printed list and descriptions of commodities
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New acquisition illuminates the inner workings of the British Empire

April 12, 2018
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Fresh Ink: Substance and Seduction by Kathryn E. Sampeck

February 6, 2018
a detail from the book Jardin de ensayadores Queen Ensena a aquilatar, y dar el valor a la plata conforms a las leyes reales (Lima, 1639) by Miguel de Rojas Ruiz
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How Precious this Gold?

September 6, 2017

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Maritime History

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