Maj-Saltet

English translation: Maio salt

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Swedish term or phrase:Maj-Saltet
English translation:Maio salt
Entered by: Neil Crockford

22:23 Jan 14, 2017
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Cargoes
Swedish term or phrase: Maj-Saltet
In an 18th century Ordinance on permitted cargoes in foreign vessels :

"dock det så kallade Maj-Saltet därunder icke b'gripit"
Neil Crockford
Local time: 00:01
Maio salt
Explanation:
Salt from the island Maio (one of the Cap Verde Islands).
Source: Historiska studier tillägnade professor Harald Hjärne på hans sextioårsdag, Almqvist & Wiksell 1908, p. 756.
(Google Books)
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Clarion BT
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Local time: 01:01
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Maio salt


Explanation:
Salt from the island Maio (one of the Cap Verde Islands).
Source: Historiska studier tillägnade professor Harald Hjärne på hans sextioårsdag, Almqvist & Wiksell 1908, p. 756.
(Google Books)

Clarion BT
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Local time: 01:01
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