INDEX.] 



1614. Rariados fet\.\e A now, or perhaps earlier ii, 875 



i<>27 Siigai f.iid to be now tultivjted - • 3+5 



— — Coiitffts for the proiierty of the ifland - 3+9 



1^39 An uliirpiiiy governor rcinove'i - 40S 



1641 Sugarcaneb pliinted, according to Ligon - 417 

 1659 Trade of Barbadosfaid toenijdoy 100 vclFels 478 

 1732 Hammocks, ftockings, nets, made of cotton, iii,i9o 

 1734. Population, forts, ivc. - - 200 



1761 Several illands fubjecled to t!ie governor of B. 347 



1780 Tlie idand defolated by a liiirricuie • 667 



1781 Parliament j;rant the fiilVererSj^ So, 000 - 6Sy 

 Retrofpert of population and produce — a fo- 



ciety efiablillied for encouraging arts, Sic. 700 



Money plentiful, arid intcrcft 6 percent - 721 



17S7 Impoi t and export of llavei, 1785—87 iv> '55 



Population, value of laiiri, S:c. - 156 



Exports to all countries. Sec. - - 159 



178S Exports to Great Britain, 1787-88 - - 179 



1791 Import and export of (laves, 17S9-1791 - 12S 

 179S Sugar and rum ex ported to Great Britain 64 



Barbary and the piratical Jlat.s — See Turkey com- 

 pavy, Medilerrantan pajfcs. 

 1492 Origiii of their predatory war upon Spain - '.718 

 1551 Englidi begin to trade to Baibary - ii, 1 1 1 



i^iio Trade of Carbary with Antwerp - . 132 



1582 Peace fettled between them and England 171 



J585 They plunder the Canaries ... 178 



1616 Ufe fqiiare-rigg'd vellels — are formidable - 284 

 1621 A fleet (ent Irom P'.ngland agaiiill them — in re- 

 venge they take many Englilh lliips . 309 

 1623 Englilh mercliants ordered not to carry arms to 



Barbary - - - . 321 



1626,1628, EmbalTies from England to Barbary, 340,355 

 1641 Their piratical fleet very formidable - 415 



1655 Tunis, <S;c. chadifed by IJIake - - 466 



1657 De Witt's remark on the policy of the Dutch 



in allowing them to prey on all other nations 472 

 1662 Admiral Lawlon obliges them to make peace 50S 

 1-6S6 Algerines allowed to fail from Englilh ports to 



prey upon the Dutch - - . 62S 



1765 Not one Britifli merch;mt at Tripoli - 111,427 

 1-67 Genera! commerce of TiipoU, by Mr. Frafer 467 

 176S And of Algier, alfo by Mr. Frafer - - 4S0 



1785 Algier makes war upon the United States iv, 77 

 1628 ^ar^ur/a fettled by Englilli .""rom St.Chriftoph. 11,556 

 Barceluna, the capital of Catalonia — See Ara^ov. 

 a flcurilliing city under the Saracens — 

 (ketch of its hilioiy - . - i. 299 



ic68 Wife and liberal laws, and trade, of Barcelona 300 

 1170 All the Mediterranean nations trade to Barcelona 335 

 1227 A navigation law enacted . - 386 



1258 A maritime code compofed . - 410 



J265 Feudal exaftions relaxed, but foreign traders ex- 

 pelled — the woolen nianufatture flourllhing 

 1281 Trade with the Saracens - - 



1283 The duty upon fait aboliflied 

 1328 Free trade in England granted to Aragon and 

 Catalonia - - - . i, 



1331 Barcelona has large vetfels 

 1540 Their trade with Flanders protcfled by the 



king of England ... 



1343 Exportation of money permitted 

 1349 Private bankers obliged ro find fccurity . ^^^ 

 '353 Catalan merchants free to buy wool,.i;c.in Eng. 551 

 i36o||Sdyes of Ireland imitated in Cataloni.i . 562 



1375 Catalans feek fafe conduifi; from England - 5S1 

 1378 They have free trade in England, and liberty 



to export wool, &c. from it - 5S7 



1380 Cargo of a Catalan (hip from Genoa to Bruges 590 

 J401 The bank of Barcelona eftablillied - 612 



J404 Ufagerefpeiting bills of exchange - 614 



J413 Book ot duties compiled - - 627 



1433 Barcelona ordinance for regulating infurance, 



faid to be the earlieft in £urope . - 64S 



4"5 

 435 

 438 



■ 502 

 507 



527 

 529 

 540 



Barcelona, 



1438 Wool imported fiom England in Barcelona- 

 woolen manufafhire carefully attended to— 

 Moolcn cloth exported to Englan.l — the 

 fabrics of England, Florence, Ireland, &c. 

 imitated in Barcelona - - i, 65^, 



Exportation of wool permitted - ''34><'55 



1484 Catalan merchants (cttied in England, where 

 their trade is now Icfs rigoroudy ledrittcd 

 than formerly . - - 701 



Before 1469 the towns of Catalonia flouridiing in 

 iii.iruifaclnres — th' carpen'ers of Barcelona 

 built velfels fur (ale in foreign countries, 

 and tlie inei chants traded to all parts — their 

 profperity declined after their country was 

 annexed to Caliilc - . - 717 



For fubl'cquenl times fee Spain. 

 Bargc,Ji name given to velfels pre-eminently large 



or magnificent . - i. 600, 671, 689 



1767 Barilla made in America . . iii, 474. 



1780 Made by Mr. Fordyce from fait - . 671 



1781 Impoitation allowed in neutral velfels . 688 

 1799 Quantities imported, 1772-1799 - iv. 469, 470 

 1772 Bark — an a(5f for lowering the duty on it iii, 521 

 1777 At\ continued - . . - 607 



Ai5l further continued - - iv, 45, 202, 371 

 1792 Aol for black-oak, and red-mangrove bark. 235 



Barter nearly co-eval with the world - i. i 



73 Barygaza, the only port in a large dirtrift open 

 to foreigners — its great inland trade as far as 

 the Ganges, and the country of the Seres i, 169 

 1295 Bajeia and Theb€t~co-c3.\i the moll pretious ar- 

 ticles in them . . i, 4^9 

 1 252 J Bafingtokes, John of, introduces a new kind of 



arithmetic in England - - i, 40t 



636 Bajfora built by the Arabians — becomes a place 



of great commerce - - . i, 240 



947 Tradeof Badbra to Cliina - - 26g 



1321 An entrepot for tlie oriental trade . 490 



i-lQ\Balh, aRomancolony - - i> '95 



353 IISatniT, a (tation of oriental trade - 1,209 



14 Bears, natives of Britain - . i, i'53, 297 



Beaver — fee Hiijfon' s-bay company. 



Before 1638, be. iver wool made into hats in Engl. 11,403 



1764 Duty laid on beaver (kins exported . iii, 395 



1248 Becket, merchants of Si. Thomas, faid to be now 



privileged in Brabant . . i, 397 



•j\%\Bcde flouridies — his wonderful proficiency in 



litcratuie and fcience - - ',244 



Bedjcrd level— i-ee Fcti Lands. 

 1772 Ail for borrowing money for the works,&c. iii, 520 

 /iter— See Malt liquor. 

 Beggars — See Poor. 

 1484 Btkem, Martin, Uid to difcoverthe coaft of Brazil, 



Sec. — makes improvements in navigation i, 705 

 400 Vielts faid to be invented, or rather improved i, 214 

 500II Ufcd in clnu'ches in Britainand Ireland - 223 

 73 Bengal — the fuperiority of its mullins, and the 



trade, noted . - . i, jyj 



129,5 Produce, manufa£lure<!, and trade - 459 



I i(io\\ Benjamin oJTudcla — cxtraft from his Travels i, 335 

 i07o||Bf;;»'(« in Norway founded - - i, 301 



1270 The (laple of the German merchants fixed at 



• Bergen ..--.. 420 



Nature of their trade ... 421 



1394 Bergen plundered — 21 houfes belonging to 



merchants of Lynne burnt - 621, 62^ 



X408 Bergen the refidence of the governor of the 

 Englilh merchants trading to Norway, 

 Sueden, and Derunark - . 619 



Hoftilities of ihtf Hanfaids againft the Englidl 625 

 1429 Bergen being eliablilhed by the King of Den. 

 maik as the fole daple for thr fi(h trade, 

 Englidl feamen arcoidered to obferve tiie 

 re^julation . • ... 642 



