Port of enterprize and command, page 29
[page 29]
Running from Courland westward to the Isles of Margarita,
and Curacçoa,- to Cumana, and the entire range, of the northern
coast of South America, within the Bay,- the Course is before
the wind:- for Return, the vessel must beat up, and it is not
the navigation the most favorable to Commerce;- The obstructions
to the voyage back, being in ratio with the facilities in going.
-Looking directly westward, to Trinidad, and to Islands and
Countries beyond,- Tabago appears rather as ‘a Port of
enterprize & Command’, than suited to the interchanges of Trade.
For Trade on mutually advantageous Terms, (by which
alone, It can be carried to great extent & be sustained,) we
must turn our Regard to Northern Countries, and to places
and Ports, in a direction not far varying from the Meridian
of Tobago.- in this course of favorable navigation are comprizd
all the west India Islands,- The British Provinces in North
America, and Those of the united States, from Kenny-bunk
to Virginia;- to Each and all of which,- Crossing with a
side breeze to the Northern Tropic, where the winds become
variable,- the voyage going, or for Return, has no difficulties
or dangers but such as one Ordinary at Seas.
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