Excerpt from A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 2: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America; In Respect to the Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; Their Climates, Soil, Produce, &C About the latter end of Auguft, 1643, Mr. N ieu hofi' was ordered on a trading voyage to the ifland of St. Thomas; for which purpofe he 'was furnilhed with a fhip, and a cargo of fullers earth, to be there exchanged for black ginger and fugar, the principal commodities of the place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.