Prospects of national advantage, page 37
References to 'dwellings', ‘merchants’ and ‘warehouses’ create in the reader of the Essay’s mind an image of Tobago as a trading post, with affluence and prosperity being transmitted to its population and lands.[page 37]
new dwellings for Merchants & others;- and new warehouses & shops;-
and become a Depôt of British merchandize;- and a Surplusage of
of [sic] Commodities and of trading profits, will pass over to Scarboro, in
aid of Adventure by the Oronooko, & for the Interior Marts of South America.
In whatever light may appear these Prospects of national
advantage from a future extension of British Commerce, - I have
yet another, and Greater Interest to explain, as appropriate to the
sovereignty holding the Possession of Tobago,-- an Interest of
‘Eventual Command and Power,’—of higher consideration,
than any to be derivd from mere Profits of Trade, or from
Returns of Revenue.
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