A descriptive account of a part of the island of Jamaica : with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves. By William Beckford, Esq. author of Remarks on the situation of Negroes in Jamaica. In two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckford, William, d. 1799.

Standardized Title:

Descriptive account of the island of Jamaica

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jamaica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v. )

Other Title:

Descriptive account of a part of the island of Jamaica

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall, M,DCC,XC. [1790]

Notes:

In this issue the title opens with 'A descriptive account of a part of the island of Jamaica: ..' instead of 'A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica: ..'.

Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T199738.

OCLC:

509673861