A paradox : Prooving that the inhabitants of the isle called Madagascar, or St. Laurence, (in temporall things) are the happiest people in the world. Whereunto is prefixed, a briefe and true description of that island: the nature of the climate, and condition of the inhabitants, and their speciall affection to the English above other nations. With most probable arguments of a hopefull and fit plantation of a colony there, in respect of the fruitfulnesse of the soyle, the benignity of the ayre, and the relieving of our English ships, both to and from the East-Indies. By Wa: Hamond.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Hamond, Walter, active 1643.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1274:4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Madagascar--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Local Subjects:

Madagascar--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

38 unnumbered pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Paradoxe. Prouing that the inhabitants of the island called Madagascar, or St. Laurence, (in temporall things) are the happiest people in the world.

Paradoxe. Proving that the inhabitants of the island called Madagascar, or St. Laurence, (in temporall things) are the happiest people in the world.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed [by J. Raworth, B. Alsop, T. Fawcet, and M. Parsons] for Nathaniell Butter, 1640.

Notes:

"Raworth pr[inted]. A-B, Alsop & Fawcet D-E, Parsons F"--STC.

"A paradoxe. Prouing that the inhabitants of the island called Madagascar, or St. Lawrence, (in temporall things) are the happiest people in the world" has separate divisional title on D1r.

Signatures: A-B4 D-F4 (-A1).

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1972. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1274:04). s1972 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 12735.

OCLC:

55168931