A description of South Carolina : containing, Many curious and interesting Particulars relating to the Civil, Natural and Commercial history of that colony, viz. The Succession of European Settlers there; Grants of English Charters; Boundaries; Constitution of the Government; Taxes; Number of Inhabitants, and of the neighbouring Indian Nations, &c. The Nature of the Climate; Tabular Accounts of the Altitudes of the Barometer Monthly for Four Years, of the Depths of Rain Monthly for Eleven Years, and of the Winds Direction Daily for One Year, &c. The Culture and Produce of Rice, Indian Corn, and Indigo; the Process of extracting Tar and Turpentine; the State of their Maritime Trade in the Years 1710, 1723, 1740 and 1748, with the Number or Tonnage of Shipping employed, and the Species, Quantities and Values of their Produce exported in One Year, &c. To which is added, A very particular Account of their Rice-Trade for Twenty Years, with their Exports of Raw Silk and Imports of British Silk Manufactures for Twenty - five Years.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glen, James, 1701-1777.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Carolina--Description and travel.

South Carolina.

South Carolina--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

South Carolina--Commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii,110,[2]p. )

Other Title:

Description of South Carolina

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXI. [1761]

Notes:

Anonymous. By James Glen.

With a half-title.

With a final advertisement leaf.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Sabin, 27572

English Short Title Catalog, T4507.

OCLC:

642607635