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Natural history - Jamaica - 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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Histoire de la Jamaı̈que, traduite de l'anglois. Par M.***, ancien officier de dragons. ...
Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.Date: 1751- Books
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The civil and natural history of Jamaica. Containing I. An accurate description of that island, its situation, and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. An history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils; perfect and imperfect vegetables; quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. By Patrick Browne, M.D. illustrated with forty-nine copper plates; in which the most curious productions are represented of their natural sizes, and delineated immediately from the objects, by George Dionysius Ehret. There are now added complete Linnaean indexes, and a large and accurate map of the island.
Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]