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Landmark Americas trade

Paramaribo

1650 CE – still standing

Capital of Dutch Guiana and hub of the Suriname plantation economy, exporting sugar, coffee, and cacao across the Atlantic.

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Paramaribo on Wikipedia.

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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