Present state of the Spanish colonies : including a particular report of Hispañola, or the Spanish part of Santo Domingo : with a general survey of the settlements on the south continent of America, as relates to history, trade, population, customs, manners, &c., with a concise statement of the sentiments of the people on their relative situation to the mother country, &c. / by William Walton, Jun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, William, 1784-1857.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Latin America--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Latin America--Description and travel--19th century.

Latin America.

Haiti--Description and travel--19th century.

Haiti.

Latin America--Social conditions--19th century.

Latin America--Relations--Spain--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 v. ) ill., port., plan ;

Other Title:

Present state of the Spanish colonies

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1810 (H. Bryer)

Language Note:

Primarily English; includes passages in Spanish, some with translations into English.

Contents:

Appendix to Vol. I: (A) Survey of the east coast of South America from Cape Vela to the Oronoko, from actual observation and the best authority, intended to assist the trader in his access to this part of the coast

(B) General account of the bull-feasts in Spain, from the journal of the author during his early residence in Spain

(C) Merckandize landed in the various ports of France, from the island of Santo Domingo, in the year 1789

(D) Memoirs of the Prince of Peace, late Generalissimo of the Spanish armies [i.e. Manuel Godoy]

(E) Copy of a dispatch from Major-General Carmichael to Viscout Castlereagh, dated Saint Carlos, before the city of St. Domingo, 8th July, 1809

(F) Selection of a cargo suited, on a general scale, for the Spanish settlements in America, being the description of goods, proportions, &c. intended to assist the British trader in his assortments

Further particulars relating to the Idol or Cemi, described in page 167, Vol. I.

Contents: Appendix to Vol. II: (A) Comparative view of the highest mountains in different parts of the world, with those of Spanish America

(B) Mines in the Brazils

(C) Mexico

(D) Letter to the Spanish Americans

(E) Revolucion de Caracas

(F) Documentos relativos a reforma de Gobierno en Buenos Ayres

(G) Treaty of friendship and alliance between His Britannic Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal

Signed at Rio de Janeiro, 10th of February, 1810.

Notes:

Printer varies: "H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London."--Vol. I, p. 384; "C. Stower, Printer, Paternoster Row, London."--Vol. II, p. 356.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 101224.

OCLC:

12