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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Proposal for Removing Spices and Other Plants from the East to the West Indies, 1661. Endorsed as "Sir Richard Ford's Paper", ff. 337-339 |
| Reference | Eg 2395 |
| Library | The British Library |
| Date | 1661 |
| Description | The document proposes the movement of spices and other plants, including pepper plants, from places such as Sumatra and Java, to Islands in the Caribbean such as Jamaica. |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Report |
| Primary Commodity | Spices |
| Theme | Transportation; Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | shipping, crop, agriculture, commerce, plantation, colony, climate, soil, spices, pepper, harvest, botany, flora and fauna |
| Region | Central America and the Caribbean, Europe, South Asia, East Asia |
| Places | Indian Ocean; Indonesia, Java; Jamaica |
| Additional Information | Please note that these folios are from the following collection: Miscellaneous official papers relating to the English settlements in America and the West Indies, chiefly documents submitted to, or, issuing from, the Council of Trade and Plantations, with a few original letters; 1627-1699. A large part of the collection appears to have been formed by Thomas Povey, Secretary to the Council |
| Copyright | The British Library Board. All rights reserved. Licence no: 5386 |