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and used it as one of their trade goods.  This suggests that there may have
been a wider use of and more commerce in molasses than has been considered
in previous discussions.

Spain was a sugar producing nation, molasses would have been available to
Spanish mariners.  So was the molasses unique to Columbus, was it an
irregular practice to carry molasses on ship, or was molasses common to
Spanish vessels of the day?

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