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- 02011824 contributor B314055.
- 02011824 contributor B314056.
- 02011824 coverage "Jamaica Description and travel.".
- 02011824 coverage "Jamaica History.".
- 02011824 created "1740.".
- 02011824 date "1740".
- 02011824 date "1740.".
- 02011824 dateCopyrighted "1740.".
- 02011824 description "(from t.p.) I. Containing the author's voyage to that island with an account of several curious particulars which he met with in his passage -- II. A description of Jamaica, its natural advatages, manners of the people, &c. -- III. Spanish cruelty on first settling there. Expedition of Sir Anthony Shirley and Col. Jackson against them. Its conquest by the English -- IV.The enterprizes of the famous buccaneers Bartholomew, Brasiliano, Lewis Scot, and John Davis, who took St. Augustine -- V. The life and gallant actions of the ever-memorable Sir Henry Morgan, and his almost incredible enterprizes and successes against the Spaniards -- VI. Institution of the General Assembly, and other curious particulars -- VII. Abstract of all the laws and statutes in force in Jamaica -- VIII. The first Assiento contract. Enterprizes of the rebel Negroes. Dreadful earthquake. French invasions. Col. Lillingstone's expedition against Hispaniola. The Scots settlement at Darien. Gallant actions and death of Admiral Bembow, &c. -- IX Port-Royal burnt to the ground. A dreadful hurricane. Of Blackbeard, a famous pyrate. Character and importance of the Mosqueto Indians. Formidable power of the rebel Negroes -- X. The rebels submit to terms. Admiral Vernon's success against Porto-Bello -- XI. Of the government, ecclesiastical, civil and military of Jamaica. Customs of the inhabitants. The sacrifices, libations, exercises, and diversions of the Negroes, &c. -- XII. Of the products of Jamaica, of its trees, plants, birds, beasts, fish, insects &c. -- XIII. Its trade and commerce. Its importance to Great Britain. Number of its people. Money it returns to Great Britain. Directions to new settlers, in relation to their healths, &c.".
- 02011824 description "ESTC (RLIN) T117285".
- 02011824 description "NUC pre-1956 NL 0281738".
- 02011824 extent "iv, 340 p., [2] folded leaves of plates :".
- 02011824 isReferencedBy "ESTC (RLIN) T117285".
- 02011824 isReferencedBy "NUC pre-1956 NL 0281738".
- 02011824 issued "1740".
- 02011824 issued "1740.".
- 02011824 language "eng".
- 02011824 publisher "London : Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-glass on London-bridge,".
- 02011824 spatial "Jamaica Description and travel.".
- 02011824 spatial "Jamaica History.".
- 02011824 subject "F1884 .L63".
- 02011824 subject "Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757.".
- 02011824 tableOfContents "(from t.p.) I. Containing the author's voyage to that island with an account of several curious particulars which he met with in his passage -- II. A description of Jamaica, its natural advatages, manners of the people, &c. -- III. Spanish cruelty on first settling there. Expedition of Sir Anthony Shirley and Col. Jackson against them. Its conquest by the English -- IV.The enterprizes of the famous buccaneers Bartholomew, Brasiliano, Lewis Scot, and John Davis, who took St. Augustine -- V. The life and gallant actions of the ever-memorable Sir Henry Morgan, and his almost incredible enterprizes and successes against the Spaniards -- VI. Institution of the General Assembly, and other curious particulars -- VII. Abstract of all the laws and statutes in force in Jamaica -- VIII. The first Assiento contract. Enterprizes of the rebel Negroes. Dreadful earthquake. French invasions. Col. Lillingstone's expedition against Hispaniola. The Scots settlement at Darien. Gallant actions and death of Admiral Bembow, &c. -- IX Port-Royal burnt to the ground. A dreadful hurricane. Of Blackbeard, a famous pyrate. Character and importance of the Mosqueto Indians. Formidable power of the rebel Negroes -- X. The rebels submit to terms. Admiral Vernon's success against Porto-Bello -- XI. Of the government, ecclesiastical, civil and military of Jamaica. Customs of the inhabitants. The sacrifices, libations, exercises, and diversions of the Negroes, &c. -- XII. Of the products of Jamaica, of its trees, plants, birds, beasts, fish, insects &c. -- XIII. Its trade and commerce. Its importance to Great Britain. Number of its people. Money it returns to Great Britain. Directions to new settlers, in relation to their healths, &c.".
- 02011824 title "A new history of Jamaica, from the earliest accounts, to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon : in thirteen letters from a gentleman to his friend ... in which are briefly interspersed, the characters of its governors and lieutenant-governors ... with two maps, one of that island and the other of the circumjacent islands and territories belonging to France, Spain, &c.".
- 02011824 type "text".