Jacob Polay MA Student

Supervisor: Dr. Jim Clifford

My thesis seeks to explore the eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic commodity trade, highlighting the lesser know commodities which have been largely overshadowed by the importance of sugar and cotton. Using Historical GIS to focus on the trade of dry ginger between the Caribbean islands and Britain, I will be able to highlight the importance of non-sugar Caribbean commodities in increasing consumption in Britain, and ultimately laying the foundation for the industrial revolution.

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