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100 1 Knight, James,|d-1745 or 1746,|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/names/no2020120279|eauthor.
245 14 The natural, moral, and political history of Jamaica and
the territories thereon depending :|bfrom the first
discovery of the island by Christopher Columbus, to the
year 1746 /|cJames Knight ; edited with annotations and an
introduction by Jack P. Greene ; images edited by Taylor
Stoermer ; with a historiographic essay by Trevor Burnard.
264 1 Charlottesville :|bUniversity of Virginia Press,|c2021.
264 4 |c©2021
300 1 online resource (lxxvii, 682 pages) :|billustrations,
maps
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 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
520 "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"--|cProvided by publisher.
588 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title
page (JSTOR, viewed on March 23, 2021).
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700 1 Greene, Jack P.,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n50030482|eeditor,|ewriter of added commentary,|ewriter of
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700 1 Stoermer, Taylor,|d1970-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
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700 1 Burnard, Trevor G.|q(Trevor Graeme),|0https://id.loc.gov/
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776 08 |iPrint version:|aKnight, James, -1745 or 1746.|tNatural,
moral, and political history of Jamaica.|dCharlottesville
: University of Virginia Press, 2021|z9780813945569|w(DLC)
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