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- 02011825 contributor B314057.
- 02011825 contributor B314058.
- 02011825 coverage "Jamaica Description and travel.".
- 02011825 coverage "Jamaica History.".
- 02011825 created "1740.".
- 02011825 date "1740".
- 02011825 date "1740.".
- 02011825 dateCopyrighted "1740.".
- 02011825 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.".
- 02011825 description "ESTC (RLIN) T120298".
- 02011825 description "NUC pre-1956 NL 0281739".
- 02011825 extent "iv, 340, [2] p., [2] folded leaves of plates :".
- 02011825 isReferencedBy "ESTC (RLIN) T120298".
- 02011825 isReferencedBy "NUC pre-1956 NL 0281739".
- 02011825 issued "1740".
- 02011825 issued "1740.".
- 02011825 language "eng".
- 02011825 publisher "London : Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-glass on London-bridge,".
- 02011825 spatial "Jamaica Description and travel.".
- 02011825 spatial "Jamaica History.".
- 02011825 subject "F1884 .L633".
- 02011825 subject "Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757.".
- 02011825 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.".
- 02011825 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 character of its governors and lieutenant governors ... with two maps, one of that island, ond the other of the circumjacent islands and territories belonging to France, Spain, &c.".
- 02011825 type "text".