Sentence examples for colonial vessels from inspiring English sources

Between 1662 and 1807, British and colonial vessels transported 3.4 million slaves across the Atlantic.

The first, passed by Oliver Cromwell's government in 1651, attempted chiefly to exclude the Dutch from England's carrying trade: goods imported from Africa, Asia, or America could be brought only in English ships, which included colonial vessels, thus giving the English North American merchant marine a substantial stimulus.

French privateers also began preying on British and colonial vessels.

It found an Italian potter to make reproductions of a Pennsylvania German plate and an Ohio glass blower to recreate Colonial-era vessels.

He hired armed vessels to patrol the colony's waters and contributed financially to New York's colonial defenses, which formed a bulwark against the possibility of French and Indian incursions into Virginia.

The boat, a 21-foot bateau-style flat-bottomed vessel that was commonly used in colonial New York, will become part of the permanent exhibit at the manor.

Among the river's ever-growing number of vessels is an established fleet of colonial-style Pandaw boats, named after an original Clyde-built steamer which was operated by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, established in 1865.

It consisted of a mix of British and colonial ships, including nine ships of war, two bomb vessels, and 60 transports and tenders.

To protect trading and colonial interests, he created a navy, which by 1642 had 63 oceangoing vessels.

Sprawling Kolkata, for instance, the oldest colonial port on the Bay of Bengal, has been unable to take in bigger modern vessels for years.

Spain abandoned its settlement in 1811 when it withdrew its garrison to the South American mainland in order to help quell colonial rebellions, leaving the islands uninhabited apart from occasional visits from British and US fishing vessels.