I am still on the quest to find out the source of the information on several websites that claimed that Joseph Banks introduced Nutmegs to Grenada in 1784. I think I have found it on the U.S. State Department Website for which I send the link below. The paragraph appears on the Grenada Country page, History Background. I have also heard back from one of the websites I cited in the original email that got the thread going. The support team there confirms that their source was the U.S State Department Background Notes. The same information appears in the CIA fact-book which a few other websites that I cited in the original email for the thread, also acknowledge as a source. So now the question is: Where did the U.S. State Department get their information for the paragraph below, that appears on many websites ,giving Joseph Banks the credit for introducing Nutmeg to Grenada in 1782? "During the 18th century, Grenada's economy underwent an important transition. Like much of the rest of the West Indies it was originally settled to cultivate sugar which was grown on estates using slave labor. But natural disasters paved the way for the introduction of other crops. In 1782, Sir Joseph Banks, the botanical adviser to King George III, introduced nutmeg to Grenada. The island's soil was ideal for growing the spice and because Grenada was a closer source of spices for Europe than the Dutch East Indies the island assumed a new importance to European traders." The U.S. State Department link: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2335.htm