Cotton
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A single page from the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1771) on cotton as a commodity. It describes cotton wool and cotton thread, the grades and places of origin (Cyprus, Smyrna, Bengal, Coromandel, Damascus, Jerusalem, the Antilles), and the sorts of goods made from it. It also covers how bags are packed in the Antilles and the import and drawback duties on cotton wool and yarn.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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