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A new history of Jamaica. 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. V. The Life and Actions of Sir Henry Morgan, and his Enterprizes 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 Earth-Quake. 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 Huricane. 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. In which are briefly interspers'd, the characters of its governors, and lieutenant-governors.
Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]- Books
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Whartoniana: or, miscellanies, in verse and prose. By the Wharton family, and several other persons of distinction. Never before published. ...
Wharton, Philip Wharton, Duke of, 1698-1731.Date: 1727- Books
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The laws of Jamaica, passed in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of King George the Third. Published under the Direction of Commissioners appointed for that Purpose by 30 Geo. III. cap. xx, and 32 Geo. III. cap. xxix.
Jamaica.Date: M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]- Books
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Memoirs and anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and unfortunately father to George Touchet, Baron Audley.
Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792.Date: M,DCC,XC. [1790]- 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 laws of Jamaica: comprehending all the Acts in force, passed between the thirty-second year of the reign of King Charles the Second, and the thirty-third year of the Reign of George the Third. To which is prefixed, a table of the Titles of the Public and Private Acts passed during that Time. Carefully revised and corrected from the original records And Published under the Direction of Commissioners appointed for that Purpose by 30 Geo. III. cap. xx, and 32 Geo. III. cap. xxix.
Jamaica.Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]- Books
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A new and exact account of Jamaica, wherein the antient and present state of that colony, its importance to Great Britain, laws, trade, manners and religion, together with the most remarkable and curious animals, plants, trees, &c. are described: with a particular accoun of the sacrifices, libations, &c. at this day in use among the negroes. The third edition. To which is added, an appendix, containing an Account of Admiral Vernon's Success at Porto Bello and Chagre.
Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
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The laws of Jamaica, passed in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of King George the Third. Published under the Direction of Commissioners appointed for that Purpose by 30 Geo. III. cap. xx, and 32 Geo. III. cap. xxix.
Jamaica.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Books
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An account of the Island of Jamaica; with reflections on the treatment, occupation, and provisions of the slaves. To which is added a description of the animal and vegetable predictions of the Island. By a gentleman lately resident on a plantation.
Marsden, Peter, active 1788.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The climate of Jamaica / by James Cecil Phillippo.
Phillippo James Cecil.Date: 1876- 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
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A journal of the Rev. Dr. Coke's visit to Jamaica, and of his third tour on the continent of America.
Coke, Thomas, 1747-1814.Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A short journey in the West Indies, in which are interspersed, curious anecdotes and characters. In two volumes. ...
Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- 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. ... With two maps, ...
Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.Date: 1740- 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. To which is prefix'd an account of Jamaica.
Jamaica.Date: 1719- Books
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The laws of Jamaica, passed in the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth years of the reign of King George the Third. Published under the Direction of Commissioners appointed for that purpose by 30 Geo. III. cap. xx. and 32 Geo. III. cap. xxix.
Jamaica.Date: M.DCC.XCVIII. [1798]- Books
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A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica: with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, ... 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. ... In two volumes. ...
Beckford, William, -1799.Date: 1790- Books
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The laws of Jamaica, passed in the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth years of the reign of King George the Third. Published under the Direction of Commissioners appointed for that purpose by 30 Geo. III. cap. xx, and 32 Geo. III. cap. xxix.
Jamaica.Date: M.DCC.XCIX. [1799]