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Port Glasgow, from the south east circa 1761, by Robert Paul. Shows buildings and ships at anchor

Glasgow

Cork Old City Hall showing ship in foreground

Cork

Adam Smith statue

Lagos, Kingdom of Benin

View of Port Royal, Jamaica by Richard Paton with sailing ships in foreground

Kingston, Jamaica

Toussaint Louverture

Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue

Burning of Charles Town harbour - shows Charles Town on fire

Charleston, South Carolina

Group of men reading in a public garden: "Lecture des nouvelles dans un jardin" by Hennin, Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Le Havre

A view of the Admiralty at Amsterdam, of the store houses, wharfes and docks belonging to it and to the East India Company

Amsterdam

Docks at night with horse drawn carriage in centre and ships docked on the side. John Atkinson Grimshaw - The Docks at Liverpool

Liverpool

Adam Smith statue

Transfer in Liverpool

Ships in harbour at Lison. TItle: “Lisbon, Ville Capitale de Royaume du Portugal,” engraving by Pierre Aveline, public domain

Lisbon

Adam Smith statue

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Herman Moll, East Indies map

Calcutta, Bengal

Ships in foreground, behind are Forts Zeelandia and Provintia and the City of Tainan

Canton, China

View of the south coast of Java, by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn

Batavia, Indonesia

Cape of Good Hope showing Table Mountain and ships in front. Image: Samuel Rowle, “Cape of Good Hope,” etching, public domain, courtesy Yale Center for British Art

Cape of Good Hope return

East India Docks, London showing ships at anchor

London

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