1767-Feb.-02: The ship Le Saint-Antoine-des-Ames, under Captain Gramont, departed from Cap-Français bound for Bordeaux with a full cargo of colonial produce.

1767-Feb.-02: The ship Le Saint-Antoine-des-Ames, under Captain Gramont, departed from Cap-Français bound for Bordeaux with a full cargo of colonial produce. It was followed the next day by La Nouvelle-Union and La Désirée, completing the triangular trade cycle for these Bordeaux-based merchant houses. These departures signaled the regular export phase of the agricultural cycle, moving sugar and coffee to European markets. The maritime link between the Cap and Bordeaux was the most significant commercial corridor for the French Atlantic economy at the time.