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The civil and natural history of Jamaica In three parts. Containing, I. An accurate description of that island, its situation and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils; perfect and imperfect vegetables; quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. III. An account of the nature of climates in general, and their different effects upon the human body; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates: in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. By Patrick Browne, M.D.
- Title
- The civil and natural history of Jamaica [electronic resource] : In three parts. Containing, I. An accurate description of that island, its situation and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils; perfect and imperfect vegetables; quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. III. An account of the nature of climates in general, and their different effects upon the human body; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates: in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. By Patrick Browne, M.D.
- Author
- Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790.
- Publication
- London : Printed for the author; and sold by T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn, MDCCLVI. [1756]
Available Online
Details
- Description
- 1 online resource ([6], viii, 503, [1] p., plates)
- Series Statement
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world
- Uniform Title
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
- Subject
- Natural history > Jamaica
- Note
- With a half-title, "A catalogue of the authors" and a list of subscribers.
- Mixed chainlines.
- Catchword p. 3: to.
- A variant has pp. 1-12 revised and reset; catchword p. 3: command.
- Reproduction of the original from the British Library.
- OCLC
- 508785990
- galsas202380
- Author
- Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790.
- Title
- The civil and natural history of Jamaica [electronic resource] : In three parts. Containing, I. An accurate description of that island, its situation and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils; perfect and imperfect vegetables; quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. III. An account of the nature of climates in general, and their different effects upon the human body; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates: in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. By Patrick Browne, M.D.
- Imprint
- London : Printed for the author; and sold by T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn, MDCCLVI. [1756]
- Series
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic worldSlavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
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