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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03450	More excellent obseruations of the estate and affaires of Holland In a discourse, shewing how necessarie and conuenient it is for their neighbouring countries, as well as the Netherland prouinces, to trade into the West Indies. ... Faithfully translated out of the Dutch copie.; Missive daer in kortelijck ende grondigh werdt vertoont, hoe veel de Vereenighde Nederlanden gheleghen is aen de Oost ende West Indische navigatie. English.	Usselincx, Willem, 1567-ca. 1647.	1622 (1622)	STC 13573; ESTC S104122	25,329	40

produce any examples Herewith I wil conclude my answer to the first question and proceed to the second and hauing satisfied you therein I will make a finall resolution of them both The second question For that wee haue no Townes nor Forts in West India land the Spaniards for the space of an hundred yeares at the least haue had inhabited the most part of the Countrey and the Hauens there where they trade with the Indians that now are left therein to their great profit and aduantage It is therefore out of hope and no apparance at all that our West Indian Company shall be able with any aduantage to trade there against the Enemies wills because some men are of opinion that the most difficulty will consist in the erecting of certaine Colonies in vnknowne places where they haue no friends without the which Colonies our Marchants can haue no security of Trade as you must of force confesse for the King of Spaine will not cease by all the meanes hee can to let and hinder the same and those that liue securely here will also be doubtfull to trust their monies out in strange elements where the winde blowes it away and where men shal not in long time heare of it againe Answere I assure my selfe when you shall haue read my Letter you will not be doubtfull as you make shew of and therefore I will not spare to put you out of that scruple and also to take the like away from others When wee in Anno 1594. resolued in the yeare ensuing with a small Fleete as afore-said to sayle into the East Indies wee then had no sorts nor friends in those Countries neuerthelesse the Portugales then inhabited and had strong Townes and Forts therein and farre surpassed our power for quantity of ships yet we then began in the name of God to Trade there and notwithstanding the same the next yeare with good successe continued it which wee must praise God for vntill the yeare of our Lord 1605. and then obtayned a lycence of the States to erect a Company at the particular costs and charges of the said Company whereof the Capitall in the said Anno 1605. was fully brought in and payd which amounted vnto about 65. Tunnes of gold what notable effects by Gods blessing vntill this time haue ensued thereupon whereat both the Christians and Heathens themselues doe wonder In my former answere I haue already partly declared whereby the Spanish Trade there by our Trade at this present is much decreased whereto the contrary ours yearely encreaseth and it is apparant that at last they may be driuen out of the Moluckoes Ilands where the Cloues and Nutmegs grow and where they get little or no aduantage being so much hindred by vs. Now I will speake of Guinea where also at the first wee had not one foot of ground and notwithstanding that the Spaniards there had some strong Forts and friends yet we Traded there in such manner with 20. ships and 400. men in them that in time of warre we dealt there for about 12. Tunnes of gold Likewise at Punckle del Rey in the West Indies we sayled Southward with 100. great ships and 1800. men in them which yearely traded for fraight and Salt which cost nothing but the fraight and brought in to the value of 10. Tunnes of gold The trade for Hides to Cuba Hispaniola was followed with 20. ships and 1500. men in them and there we yearely traffick for 8. Tuns of gold at the least which in all amounteth vnto 180. ships 8700. men and the returne by Gods blessings 130. Tunnes of gold as you may see by the calculation made by the directors Anno 1608. which was openly printed and set forth the same yeare But for that some men without knowledge or vnderstanding discourse and speake of the West Indian Trade I wil briefly declare what benefit these Countries may reape by the said Trade which the better to vnderstand we must know wherein the greatest part of the riches thereof consisteth which is gotten therein by Spaniards Secondly by what meanes we may reape part thereof by Gods help and hope of good successe Lastly what furtherance strength and power these vnited Netherland Prouinces and what good successe the partners therein may thereby obtaine The common opinion is that the greatest riches of that Trade consisteth in gold and siluer Mynes which are in West India but it is not so for the greatest riches at this time consisteth in the seuerall sorts of Fruites and other things that grow therein as Sugar Ginger Indico Cocheuille and other drugs as also diuers kinds of wood hides pearles and precious stones and likewise in diuers sorts of Manufactures that are caried thether whereby the Marchants Saylers Pesants and most part of other Handy-crafts men liue The gold and siluer hath beene a great profit vnto the King when the Spaniards first entred into those Countries where they found great quantity of gold that had beene gathered together by the Indians in a long time for the which some millions of poore innocent men lost their liues in the Mynes so that the gold at this time is much wasted away and no more found in so great quantity and the greatest riches at this day consisteth in the Wares aforesaid that are caried to and fro To shew this I wil make no long discourse of the riches that besides gold and siluer come out of the West Indies but onely speake somewhat of Brasilia wherein there is no Mynes of gold nor siluer but onely Sugar Cotton wooll Brasill wood Conserues and Ginger but Ginger may not be brought out of Brasilia into Spame because they of St. Domingo who for the most part get their liuings thereby may not be impouerished Yet the trade in Brasillia is one of the profitablest trades in West India whereby the Portugales get most profit and where they now they are almost bereft of Guinia and the East Indies or at least get little by them maintaine their Trade For out of Brasillia yearely one with another there is brought betweene 40. and 50. thousand Chests of Suger which may be valued 2. third parts being white and but 1. third part browne Suger at 25. pounds Flemish the Chest then say it were 40. thousand Chests and each Chest but 20. pounds Flemish it amounts to 800. thousand pounds Flemish which is 48. Tonnes of Golde not reckning Brasill wood Cotton wooll and other wares which also are of great value and then the manufactures other wares that are carried out of Portugal thether which also amount vnto asmuch as the Suger It is true that there is much mony also carryed thither out of Portugal but that is by reason that there is no other manufactures vsed there then such as the Portugales themselues haue need of but their Slaues which are many thousands haue nothing because most of them goe naked and so get nothing else but their paines for their labours and of the wilde