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to this essay, been shown to have in itself and from Nature,
all the Requisites for either purpose, which may cooperate with
the advantages of situation above describd, and advance our
estimation of its value and importance.
From the Account which has been given elucidated by
maps, and sketches from Nature;- It appears that even large
Fleets, arriving at Tobago, may commodiously be stationd in
Manowar Bay;- That ships may be there careend, refitted
and repaird, by fine Timber, the growth of the Country;- That
Troops may be there Quarterd in the most healthy situations;
-and soldiers & sailors be subsisted, from abundant fisheries,
and a fertile Country;- That the Bay is environd by a Country
so strong, as with little art of the engineer to be renderd
unassailable;- and that whilst heavy Batteries on the bold
Headlands may defy entrance and attack;- The winds and
currents combine to facilitate the Sortie, and render Blockade
Impracticable:- lastly in manowar bay, is never to be apprehended
the most dangerous of all ennemies, to shipping in this Quarter
of the Globe,- the Rush and whirl of Hurricanes;- which in
the autumnal Season, menace destruction, to Buildings,
In this exhibition
- Background information
- Gallery and transcription
- Introducing the Essay
- Natural resources of the island
- Tobago's relative position
- The Commercial & political importance of the island of Tobago
- The Commercial & political importance of the island, continued
- Port of enterprize and command, page 29
- Orinoco River, page 30
- Appeal to British merchants, page 31
- Historical political instability of the island, page 32
- The reach of the Orinoco River, page 33
- Potential trade agreements with Spain, page 34
- Further trade routes with South America, page 35
- Establishing the port of Courland, page 36
- Prospects of national advantage, page 37
- Conclusions
- Military significance of Man o' war Bay, page 38
- Further significances, page 39
- Military consensus, page 40
- French intentions for the island, page 41
- Suitability as a port for ships of war, page 42
- Relative safety of the island, page 43
- The necessity to prepare for conflict, page 44
- Revelations of an inside source, page 45
- Fas est, et ab hoste doceri, page 46
- Select bibliography