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Jamaica - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, with the natural history of the Herbs and Trees, Four-Footed Beasts, Fishes, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that Place, with some Relations concerning the Neighbouring Continent, and Islands of America. Illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved; In large Copper-Plates as big as the Life. By Hans Sloane, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians and Secretary of the Royal-Society. In two volumes. Vol. I.
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.Date: 1707- Books
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The lying hero or An answer to J.B. Moreton's Manners and customs in the West Indies by Samuel Augustus Mathews. 10 Answer to J.B. Moreton's Manners and customs in the West Indies
Mathews, Samuel Augustus.Date: 1793- Books
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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.
Beckford, William, -1799.Date: M,DCC,XC. [1790]- Books
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The laws of Jamaica, pass'd by the governours, council and assembly in that island, and confirm'd by the Crown.
Jamaica.Date: 1716- Books
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Hints for a general view of the agricultural state of the Parish of Saint James, in the Island of Jamaica. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. By Nicholas Robson, land surveyor of the Parish of St. James.
Robson, Nicholas.Date: 1796