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The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies / by Bryan Edwards, Esq. ... : in three volumes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection F2131 .E29 1801 3 v. (v.1-3)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--West Indies.
- Slavery.
- West Indies.
- West Indies, British--History.
- West Indies, British.
- West Indies, French--History.
- West Indies, French.
- Slavery--West Indies, British.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : illustrations, portrait, maps ; 24 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- Third edition, with considerable additions, illustrated with plates.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for John Stockdale ..., 1801.
- Contents:
- Vol. 1. A general view of their ancient state and inhabitants. Jamaica. English Charaibean Islands.
- v. 2. Present inhabitants. Agriculture. Government and commerce. Appendix, containing tables of West Indian exports and imports to and from Great Britain and Ireland.
- v. 3. An historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo comprehending an account of the revolt of the Negroes in the year 1791 and a detail of the military transactions of the British army in that island, in the years 1793-1794. A tour through the several islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Antigua, Tobago, and Grenada, in the years 1791, and 1792 by Sir William Young, bart. Historical account of the constitution of Jamaica. Hortus eastensis or, A catalogue of exotic plants, in the garden of Hinton East, Esq., in the mountains of Liguanea, in the Island of Jamaica, at the time of his decease by Arthur Broughton, M.D. Postscript to the historical survey of St. Domingo.
- Notes:
- First published London, 1793.
- "A tour through the several islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, ANtigua, Tobago, and Grenada ... by Sir William Young ...": v. 3, p. [241]-284.
- Cited in:
- Sabin 21091
- Ragatz 165
- OCLC:
- 6322011
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