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The coffee planter of Saint Domingo; with an appendix, containing a view of the constitution, government, laws, and state of that colony, previous to the year 1789. To which are added, some hints on the present state of the island, under the British government / By P.J. Laborie, LL.D.
Laborie, P. J.Date: 1798- Books
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An enquiry into the nature and causes of the great mortality among the troops at St. Domingo : with practical remarks on the fever of that island and directions for the conduct of Europeans on their first arrival in warm climates / by Hector M'Lean.
M'Lean, Hector.Date: 1797- Books
Notes bio-bibliographiques : médecins et naturalistes de l'ancienne colonie fran̨caise de Saint-Domingue.
Date: 1933- Books
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The Importance of Jamaica to Great-Britain, consider'd. With some account of that island, from its discovery in 1492 to this time: and a list of the governors and presidents, with an account of their towns, harbours, bays, buildings, inhabitants, whites and negroes, &c. The country and people cleared from misrepresentations; the misbehaviour of Spanish governors by entertaining pirates, and plundering the inhabitants and merchants of Jamaica, and the rise of the pirates among them. An account of their fruits, drugs, timber and dying-woods, and of the uses they are apply'd to there: with a description of exotick plants, preserved in the gardens of the curious in England; and of the kitchen and flower-gardens in the West-Indies. Also of their beasts, birds, fishes, and insects; with their eatables and potables, distempers and remedies. With an account of their trade and produce; with the advantages they are of to Great-Britain, Ireland, and the colonies in North-America, and the commodities they take in return from them, with the danger they are in from the French at Hispaniola, and their other islands and settlements on the continent, by the encouragements they have over the British planters. With instances of insults they have given His Majesty's subjects in the West-Indies and on the main. With the representation of His Late Majesty when elector of Hanover, and of the House of Lords, against a peace, which could not be safe or honourable if Spain or the West-Indies were allotted to any branch of the House of Bourbon. In a letter to a gentleman. In which is added, a postscript, of the benefits which may arise by keeping of Carthagena, to Great-Britain and our American colonies; with an account of what goods are used in the Spanish trade, and hints of settling it after the French method (by sending of women there) and of the trade and method of living of the Spaniards; and English South-Sea Company's factors there.
Date: [1740?]- Books
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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. Containing, I. 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 Advantages, 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. In which are briefly interspersed, The Characters of its Governors and Lieutenant-Governors; viz. Colonel D'oyley. Major Sedgewick. Colonel Brayne. Lord Windsor. Sir Tho. Moddiford. Sir Tho. Lynch. Lord Vaughan. Earl of Carlisle. Sir Henry Morgan. Colonel Molesworth. Duke of Albemarle. Earl of Inchiquin. Sir William Beeston. General Selwyn. Peter Beckford, Esq; Earl of Peterborough. Colonel Handasyde. Ld. Arch. Hamilton. Sir Nicolas Lawes. Duke of Portland. Major Gen. Hunter. John Ayscough, Esq; John Gregory, Esq; H. Cunningham, Esq; And the present Governor, Edward Trelawney, Esq; With two maps, one of that Island, and the other of the circumjacent Islands and Territories belonging to France, Spain, &c.
Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.Date: 1740- Books
Voyages d'un naturaliste, et ses observations faites sur les trois règnes de la nature, dans plusieurs ports de mere francais, en Espagne, au continent de l'Amérique Septentrionale, à Saint-Yago de Cuba, et à St. Dominique. Ou l'auteur...donne les details les plus circonstancies sur l'expedition du general Leclerc... / Par M. e. Descourtilz.
Descourtilz, M. E. (Michel Etienne), 1775-1835.Date: 1809- Books
The siamese twins of Espanőla : the first known post-mortem examination in the New World / by A. Pen̋a Chavarría and P.G. Shipley.
Chavarría, A. Peña.Date: 1924- Books
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Description topographique et politique de la partie espagnole de l'isle Saint-Domingue; avec des observations généales sur le climat, la population, les productions, le caractère & les moeurs des habitans de cette colonie, & un tableau raisonné des différentes parties de son administration; accompagnée d'une nouvelle carte de la totalité de l'isle. Par M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry, membre da la Société Philosophique de Philadelphie. Tome premier[-second].
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819.Date: 1796- Books
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A topographical and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo; containing, general observations on the climate, population and productions; on the character and manners of the inhabitants; with an account of the several branches of the government. By M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Mery. Member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, &c. Translated from the French, by William Cobbett. Vol. I[-II].
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819.Date: 1798- Pictures
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Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a firing squad, war, and a sea battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1828?].
Reference: 46396i- Books
A short account of the destruction of the Indies / Bartolomé de las Casas ; edited and translated by Nigel Griffin ; with an introduction by Anthony Pagden.
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566.Date: 2004- Books
Medicine and healing in the age of slavery / edited by Sean Morey Smith & Christopher D.E. Willoughby.
Date: [2021]- Books
Emerging infections 6 / edited by W. Michael Scheld, Barbara E. Murray, James M. Hughes.
Date: [2004], ©2004- Books
Epidemics and pandemics : their impacts on human history / J. N. Hays.
Hays, J. N., 1938-Date: [2005], ©2005