William Barrett (died 1584) was English consul at

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

. He was there when

John Eldred John Eldred (1552–1632) was an English traveller and merchant. His ''Journal of his Voyage to Tripoli and Bassora'' is reproduced in Richard Hakluyt's ''Principal Navigations'' of 1599. Early life Eldred was born in 1552 at New Buckenham in Nor ...

and his companion, William Shales, arrived there on 11 June 1584; he died eight days after their arrival, as is recorded in Eldred's narrative.

Works

He wrote a treatise on ''The Money and Measures of Babylon, Balsara, and the Indies, with the Customes, &c.,'' which occupies pp. 406 to 416 of the second volume of

Richard Hakluyt Richard Hakluyt (; 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably ''Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America'' (1582) and ''The Pri ...

's ''Collection of Voyages,'' folio edition, 1810. A paragraph records the discovery of the island of

Saint Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...

, and its use as a provision depôt for the 'Portugale' traders with India. (By ''Balsara'' he was referring to the modern-day

Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

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