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1. A description of the island of Jamaica : with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related, viz. Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Nievis or Mevis, Antego, St. Vincent, Dominica, Montserrat, Anguilla, Barbada, Bermudes, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New England, New-Found-Land : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places. Illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.

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Creator:: Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:: 1672
Physical Description:: [8], 192 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. (maps) ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Description geographique des isles Antilles possédées par les Anglois.

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Creator:: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703–1772
Date:: MDCCLVIII [1758]
Physical Description:: [2], xii, 171, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates, [8] folded : ill. (maps, plans); 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année M. DC. LII. : diuisé en trois livres. Le premier, contient l'établissement de la colonie, son embarquement, & sa route iusques à son arriuée en l'isle de Cayenne : le second, ce qui s'est passé pendant quinze mois que l'on a demeuré dans les païs : le troisiesme, traitte du temperament du païs, de la fertilité de sa terre, & des mœurs & façons de faire des sauuages de cette contrée : avec un dictionnaire de la langue du mesme païs. / par Me Antoine Biet, ...

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Creator:: Biet, Antoine, 1620–
Date:: M. DC. LXIV. [1664]
Physical Description:: [24], 432 p. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The history of Barbados : comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island : a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural productions / by Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, PH.D., Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle ; of the Royal Saxon Order of Merit ; of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour ; Corresponding member of the Royal Geographical, the Zoological, and the Entomological Society of London ; Member of the Imperial Academy Leop. Carol. Nat. Curios. &c. ; Honorary member of the Barbados General and of the St. Philip's District Agricultural Society.

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Creator:: Schomburgk, Robert H. (Robert Hermann), Sir, 1804–1865
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: xx, [2], 722 p., [10] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A map of the British Empire in America : with the French, Spanish and the dutch settlements adjacent thereto / by Henry Popple.

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Creator:: Popple, Henry, -1743
Date:: [ca. 1737]
Physical Description:: 1 map on 6 sheets : outline col. ; each ca. 58 x 53 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A description of the island of Jamaica : with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related, viz. Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Nievis, or Mevis, Antego, St. Vincent, Dominica, Montserrat, Anguilla, Barbada, Bermudes, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New-England, New-Found-Land / published by Richard Blome. Together with The present state of Algiers.

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Creator:: Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:: 1678
Physical Description:: [8], 88, [2], 17, [5] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. (port., maps) ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts