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  St Helena laws for inhabitants 1672

  

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  From its earliest days, the East India Company’s ships called at the South Atlantic island of St Helena on homeward voyages from Asia. They gathered supplies of fresh water, citrus fruits, meat and fish. Company ships also used St Helena as a place of rendezvous. It was safer to complete the final stage of the voyag...

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