Throughout the last weeks I have toiled, with some other sailors, to restore an old sloop to seaworthiness. They sank my ship – and that I saved my skin was the only good fortune I have had so far.Īnd so I am here, in this small town of Caracas. So into the New World I ventured to try my luck – though luck has been in scarce supply.Ī gentleman’s not suited to these parts – as we saw when I was set upon by pirates. In part I have the Dutch to thank, whose vessels swamped our markets with their cargo, 'til my father’s shipping company barely earned a penny from its voyages. “God only knows how I ended up in this forsaken place. PortRoyale-Handbuch UK WWK 16:53 Uhr Seite 2 ALLOCATION OF GOODS, WEAPONS, AND SAILORS
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