The Philippines is a country located in Southeast Asia. It got its name from King Phillip II of Spain, who was king during the Spanish colonization of the island. The Philippick Islands are also mentioned in the passage titled “The Royal Exchange” by Joseph Addison, which comments on England and its foreign trade in the 18th century. It refers to everything that England could gain through prospects with foreign countries.

Sweden has a wide and vast history, spanning from the Stone Age and continuing to the modern day. Sweden became recognized as a country on June 6th, 1523 under the ruling of King Gustav Vasa. The 1700s brought with it the Great Northern War (1700-1721), fought against Denmark, Poland and Russia as a means to gain control of Swedish owned provinces and ports. The defeat of the war caused Sweden to lose its territory on the other side of the Baltic sea, what is today considered Lavia, Finland, Estonia, and parts of Northern Germany.

Armenia was the first Indo-European nation established. Until the 1800s, Armenia was under the control of the Persians, Arabs, Byzantines, Mongols and Turks. However, for a larger part of their time as a nation, Armenia was ran by the Ottoman Empire. Slavery was a major component of the Ottomen Empire, they practiced slavery until the early twentieth century. The Ottoman Empire received their slaves as part of the slave trade as well as earning them through war. In 1915-1916 there was an Armenian genocide which resulted in the death of as many as 1.2 million Armenians.

I am infinitely delighted in mixing with these several ministers of commerce, as they are distinguished by their different walks and different languages: sometimes I am justled among a body of Armenians: sometimes I am lost in a crowd of Jews; and sometimes make one in a group of Dutchmen."

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Crow Lane is a highway wrapping around the innermost part of Hamilton Bay. If you look closely, you can see Crow Lane at the far right of the map below.

The Royal exchange mentions France as one of the many countries that provide England a certain trade good, as told by Sir Andrew in Joseph Addison's "The Royal Exchange". Sir Andrew calls the "vineyards of France our gardens" (Addison), meaning that France provides a plentiful trade of wine for England.

Throughout the 18th century until the mid-1900s, the British Empire reigned in India. Unlike many other British colonial efforts, India was colonized on the basis of trade power, not land acquisition. India's cotton, spices, and other commodities had attracted Britain to the West Indies since the 1600s, but the Battle of Plassey in 1757 is viewed as the date where British colonialism commenced.

Grand Turk Island, or Turk's Island in the History of Mary Prince, is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British overseas territory near the Bahamas. Grand Turk Island is the largest island in the smaller Turks islands archipelago, and it is the cultural, administrative, financial, and historic center of the territory. The island was under the control of various European powers before eventually settling under the British Empire.

The Netherlands means low-lying country and is also known as Holland. The Netherlands is referenced once in "The Royal Exchange" when the narrator encounters many different people of different nationalities in the Royal Exhchange, one of which is a Dutchman: " I am infinitely delighted in mixing with these several ministers of commerce, as they are distinguished by their different walks and different languages: sometimes I am justled among a body of Armenians: sometimes I am lost in a crowd of Jews, and sometimes make one in a group of Dutchmen." "The Royal Exchange" was published in 1711.

“The infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian cane.” Joseph Addison, “The Royal Exchange” (1711)

India is a South Asian country. In the early 17th century, English merchants became interested in cotton and spices grown in India. This led to the formation of the East India Company, a group of London merchants who had a monopoly on trade in the region. These goods were taken from India and sold in England in the spice/fabric trades of the time.