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Title

The history, civil and commercial, of the British West Indies / by Bryan Edwards, Esq. F.R.S. S.A. ; with a continuation to the present time.

Author

Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800.

Publication

London : Printed by T. Miller, Noble Street, Cheapside, for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; W.H. Reid; J. Nunn; J. Richardson; J. Cuthell; T. Boone; T. Maclean; T. and J. Allman; C. Brown; and W. Mason, 1818-1819.

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Additional Authors

• Miller, T. (Thomas), active 1815-1819
• Reid, W. H., active 19th century
• Nunn, James, active 1785-1830
• Richardson, John (Bookseller)
• Cuthell, John
• Boone, Thomas, 1789 or 1790-1873
• T. and J. Allman
• Brown, C. (Bookseller)
• Mason, W. (William), active 1809-1865
• Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, publisher.
• MacLean, Thomas, 1788-1875, bookseller.

Description

5 volumes; 22 cm +

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Indians of the West Indies
• West Indies > History
• Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804
• Slavery > West Indies, British
• Jamaica > History
• Slave trade > Great Britain
• West Indies, British > History

Note

• Atlas has engraved title page: History of the British West Indies ... London, Printed for the propietors, 1818.
• Volumes 1-3 have "in four volumes" on title page; volumes 4-5 have "in five volumes" on title page.
• This work originally appeared in 2 vols., London, 1793. The second edition, London, 1801, was enlarged by the addition of v. 3, which was merely another issue of the author's "An historical survey of the island of Santo Domingo", London, 1801 (originally published 1797). In this 5th edition, the order of articles in vols. 1-3 is somewhat altered from that of the second edition.
• The continuation (volumes 4-5) appears first in this edition.
• Also published in London, in 1819, by G. and W.B. Whitaker, which is the edition identified by Sabin (cf. Sabin 21901).

Source (note)

• Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• v. 1. bk. 1. A general view of their ancient state and inhabitants -- bk. 2. Jamaica -- bk. 3. English Charaibean islands -- Appendix to v. 1 (including Observations on the disposition, character, manners, and habits of life of the Maroon Negroes of the island of Jamaica ... first pub. separately in 1796 [as an introduction to "The proceedings of the governor and assembly of Jamaica"] --
• v. 2. bk. 4. Present inhabitants -- bk. 5. Agriculture -- bk. 6. Government and commerce --
• v. 3. An historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo (including "A tour through the several islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent ... 1791 and 1792: by Sir William Young" -- "Historical account of the constitution of Jamaica" with appended documents -- "Hortus of the constitution of Jamaica" with appended documents -- "Hortus eastensis: or, A catalogue of exotic plants ... By Arthur Broughton" -- "Postscript to the Historical survey of St. Domingo" -- "History of the war in the West Indies from its commencement in February, 1793.") --
• v. 4. History of the war in the West Indies, from its commencement in 1793 [continued] Description of British colonies which were omitted by Mr. Edwards, or have been ceded to this country since his decease -- History of the abolition of the slave trade --
• v. 5. Legislative proceedings relative to the West Indies [1795-1814] -- Colonial events [1793-1816] -- Supplement to the History of St. Domingo [1798 to the present] ... -- Letter concerning Hayti -- Appendix (including documents; Some account of the British settlements on the Musquito shore, drawn up ... in 1773; Jamaica, a descriptive and didactic poem, by the late Bryan Edwards, etc.) -- Index.

Call Number

Sc Rare 972.9-E (Edwards, B. History, civil and commercial, of the British West Indies. 1818-1819)

OCLC

28638703

Author

Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800.

Title

The history, civil and commercial, of the British West Indies / by Bryan Edwards, Esq. F.R.S. S.A. ; with a continuation to the present time.

Publisher

London : Printed by T. Miller, Noble Street, Cheapside, for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; W.H. Reid; J. Nunn; J. Richardson; J. Cuthell; T. Boone; T. Maclean; T. and J. Allman; C. Brown; and W. Mason, 1818-1819.

Edition

Fifth edition, with maps and plates.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 972.9-E (accession nos. B389143, B547555-B547559) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

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Added Author

Miller, T. (Thomas), active 1815-1819, printer.

Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, publisher.

Reid, W. H., active 19th century, bookseller.

Nunn, James, active 1785-1830, bookseller.

Richardson, John (Bookseller), bookseller.

Cuthell, John, bookseller.

Boone, Thomas, 1789 or 1790-1873, bookseller.

MacLean, Thomas, 1788-1875, bookseller.

T. and J. Allman, bookseller.

Brown, C. (Bookseller), bookseller.

Mason, W. (William), active 1809-1865, bookseller.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 972.9-E (Edwards, B. History, civil and commercial, of the British West Indies. 1818-1819)