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Present state of the Spanish colonies : including a particular report of HispaƱola, or the Spanish part of Santo Domingo : with a general survey of the settlements on the south continent of America, as relates to history, trade, population, customs, manners, &c., with a concise statement of the sentiments of the people on their relative situation to the mother country, &c. / by William Walton, Jun.

Author/creator Walton, William, 1784-1857
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1810 (H. Bryer)
Description2 v. : ill., port., plan ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Appendix to Vol. I: (A) Survey of the east coast of South America from Cape Vela to the Oronoko, from actual observation and the best authority, intended to assist the trader in his access to this part of the coast -- (B) General account of the bull-feasts in Spain, from the journal of the author during his early residence in Spain -- (C) Merckandize landed in the various ports of France, from the island of Santo Domingo, in the year 1789 -- (D) Memoirs of the Prince of Peace, late Generalissimo of the Spanish armies [i.e. Manuel Godoy] -- (E) Copy of a dispatch from Major-General Carmichael to Viscout Castlereagh, dated Saint Carlos, before the city of St. Domingo, 8th July, 1809 -- (F) Selection of a cargo suited, on a general scale, for the Spanish settlements in America, being the description of goods, proportions, &c. intended to assist the British trader in his assortments -- Further particulars relating to the Idol or Cemi, described in page 167, Vol. I.
Contents Contents: Appendix to Vol. II: (A) Comparative view of the highest mountains in different parts of the world, with those of Spanish America -- (B) Mines in the Brazils -- (C) Mexico -- (D) Letter to the Spanish Americans -- (E) Revolucion de Caracas -- (F) Documentos relativos a reforma de Gobierno en Buenos Ayres -- (G) Treaty of friendship and alliance between His Britannic Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal -- Signed at Rio de Janeiro, 10th of February, 1810.
Local noteTravel; Slavery.
Local note2012AH19801; 2012AH19802.
Local noteTravel; Slavery.
Local note2012AH19801; 2012AH19802.
General notePrinter varies: "H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London."--Vol. I, p. 384; "C. Stower, Printer, Paternoster Row, London."--Vol. II, p. 356.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 101224.
LanguagePrimarily English; includes passages in Spanish, some with translations into English.

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