The civil and natural history of Jamaica : Containing I. An accurate description of that island, its Situation, and Soil; with a brief Account of its former and present State, Government, Revenues, Produce, and Trade. II. An history of the natural productions, including the various Sorts of native Fossils; Perfect and Imperfect Vegetables; Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects; with their Properties and Uses in Mechanics, Diet, and Physic. By Patrick Browne, M.D. illustrated with forty-nine copper plates; in which the most Curious Productions are Represented of their Natural Sizes, and Delineated Immediately from the Objects, by George Dionysius Ehret. There are now added complete Linnæan indexes, and a large and accurate map of the island.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browne, Patrick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jamaica--Economic conditions.

Jamaica--History.

Tropical medicine--Early works to 1800.

Medical climatology--Early works to 1800.

Natural history--Jamaica--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([6], viii, 503, [47] pages, plates) map.

Other Title:

Civil and natural history of Jamaica

Place of Publication:

London sold by B. White and Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street

London : B. White, 1789.

Summary:

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

With a half-title and four additional indexes.

With a list of subscribers.

A reissue of the sheets of the 1756 edition, with a new titlepage.

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

Cited in:

Goldsmiths', 13843

English Short Title Catalog, T89758.

OCLC:

642724183