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The natural, moral, and political history of Jamaica : and the territories thereon depending from the first discovery of the island by Christopher Columbus, to the year 1746

Title
The natural, moral, and political history of Jamaica : and the territories thereon depending from the first discovery of the island by Christopher Columbus, to the year 1746 / James Knight ; edited with annotations and an introduction by Jack P. Greene ; images edited by Taylor Gentry Stoermer ; with a historiographic essay by Trevor Burnard.
Author
Knight, James, -1745 or 1746
Publication
  • Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Greene, Jack P.
  • Stoermer, Taylor, 1970-
  • Burnard, Trevor G. (Trevor Graeme)
Description
lxxvii, 682 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"This previously unpublished eighteenth-century history of Jamaica provides a narrative history of the colony's development up to the mid-1740 along with a broad survey of most aspects of Jamaican life as it had developed up to that time"--
Subject
  • To 1962
  • Slavery > Jamaica > History > 18th century > Early works to 1800
  • Natural history > Jamaica > History > 18th century > Early works to 1800
  • Black people > Jamaica > History > 18th century
  • Economic history
  • Manners and customs
  • Natural history
  • Politics and government
  • Slavery
  • Travel
  • Jamaica > History > To 1962 > Early works to 1800
  • Jamaica > Politics and government > To 1962 > Early works to 1800
  • Jamaica > Social life and customs > Early works to 1800
  • Jamaica > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
  • Jamaica > Economic conditions > Early works to 1800
  • Great Britain > Colonies > Administration > History. > West Indies
  • Jamaica
Genre/Form
  • Early works.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Volume I. The etymology of the word Jamaica; and the discovery of the island by Christopher Columbus. Some account of the native Indians, before they were subdued and extirpated by the Spaniards; with such other occurrences, as happened, while it was in their possession -- Of the expedition and miscarriage of the design against St. Domingo; the conquest of Jamaica by the English, and such other occurrences as happened before the restoration of King Charles the Second, or any form of civil government was established -- Of the administration of the severall governors of Jamaica. The origin and exploits of the privateers commonly called buccaniers and all the other remarkable transactions by sea and land, which happened during the respective governments -- volume II. A geographical description of the island, with its mountains, mines, plains, towns, precincts, harbours, bays, fortifications and buildings, together with the territories thereone depending -- Of the climate, air, seasons, winds, weather, currents, water and rivers; as also of the diseases and distempers most frequent in Jamaica, and other parts of the West Indies -- Of the inhabitants, masters, servants, and Negroes; their number, strength and manner of living; as also an account of the Negroes, who were many years in rebellion, and settled in the mountains, together with the treaty made with them in 1738, upon which they submitted, and became free subjects of Great Britain -- Of the government of the island, civil and military, of the laws; courts of justice; publick offices; revenues, and church affairs; with some observations thereupon -- Of the soil and productions, the manner of planting sugar canes, and making of sugar, rum, and indigo; also cocoa, coffee, ginger, piemento, cotton, and other commodities, that are or may be produced in Jamaica -- Of beasts, birds, fishes, and other animals, and insects in Jamaica -- Of the situation and natural advantages of Jamaica, and the trade thereof to and from Great Britain, Ireland, Africa, the plantations in North America, and other parts, with some observations and proposals, for their encouragement, improvement and security -- Those other English colonies : the historiography of Jamaica in the time of James Knight / Trevor Burnard.
Call Number
Sc E 22-80
ISBN
  • 9780813945569
  • 0813945569
LCCN
2020026840
OCLC
1200831951
Author
Knight, James, -1745 or 1746, author.
Title
The natural, moral, and political history of Jamaica : and the territories thereon depending from the first discovery of the island by Christopher Columbus, to the year 1746 / James Knight ; edited with annotations and an introduction by Jack P. Greene ; images edited by Taylor Gentry Stoermer ; with a historiographic essay by Trevor Burnard.
Publisher
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
To 1962
Added Author
Greene, Jack P., editor, writer of added commentary, writer of introduction.
Stoermer, Taylor, 1970- editor.
Burnard, Trevor, 1960- author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-80
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