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20: 149:, a comparably sized East Indiaman, had a height of 6 ft 9 in (2.1 m) below her deck. The cargoes the two types of vessels were designed to carry dictated the difference. West Indiamen brought semi-liquid sugar back to England in casks laid on their sides that were only laid in one course. East Indiamen carried mostly light goods in bales or cases that could be and were necessarily laid to a greater height. 361: 110:
British West Indiamen tended to be London-built and to sail directly from England (generally London), to the West Indies. Guineamen tended to be built (or owned) in Bristol and Liverpool, and to sail from Bristol or Liverpool via West Africa in what is now often referred to as the
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There were design differences between vessels built for the different trades, but the vessels were not highly specialized. A vessel built as a West Indiaman typically had less height between decks than comparably sized East Indiaman. For instance,
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Often the same vessel would move between roles and routes over the course of her career as entrepreneurial owners chased profitability. Thus
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had a height of 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) in her upper deck and a mere 4 ft 10 in (1.5 m) under her lower deck.
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made one voyage as an East Indiaman for the EIC, then several as a Greenlandman, and ended up a West Indiaman.
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General term for a merchant sailing ship sailing between Great Britain or Europe and the Caribbean
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started and finished as a West Indiaman, but in between made a voyage for the British
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Similarly, at the time (18th and 19th centuries) people also referred to
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in enslaved people. There were London-based Guineamen, (for example
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Index


merchantman
sailing ship
Old World
West Indies
Americas
Atlantic Ocean
Danish
Æolus
Dutch
English
French
Indispensable
East Indiamen
slave ships
whalers
triangular trade
Experiment
Irlam
Irlam
William Miles
Lord William Bentinck
Fame
East India Company
East Indiaman
Holderness
Chinaman (ship)
colonial goods
China
Guineaman

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