Excerpt from A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 6 of 8Tm increafe of power, which molt of the go vernments of Europe have ¿attered themfelves with, from their poli'e¿ions in the New World, hath for too long a time engaged my attention, not to have induced me frequently to confider within myfelf, or to inquire of men more enlight ened, what idea it was preper to entertain of fettle ments formed at (0 much expence, and with (9 much labour, in another hemifphere.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.