4 sentences with 'cargoes'

Example sentences and phrases with the word cargoes and other words derived from it.

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« Each year, slaves or native labourers loaded cargoes of gold and silver aboard the Spanish treasure fleets that sailed from Cuba to Spain. »
« From the Turks, the Italians (especially the large merchant empire controlled by Venice) bought precious cargoes such as spices, silks, porcelain and coffee, in exchange for European wool, handicrafts and gold bullion. »
« In this tense situation, Britain tried to avoid a wider conflict by ending its seizures of American ships and offered to pay for the captured cargoes. Hamilton saw an opportunity and recommended to Washington that the United States negotiate. »
« The Citizen Genêt affair, as it became known, prompted Britain to instruct its naval commanders in the West Indies to seize all ships trading with the French. The British seized hundreds of American ships and their cargoes, raising the possibility of war between the two countries. »

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