A full account of the late dreadful earthquake at Port-Royal in Jamaica : in two letters written by the minister of that place, from a-board the Granada in Port-Royal harbour.

Author/creator Heath, E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon, 1748.
Descriptionp. [327]-341 ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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General noteContained as the "Appendix" in: A true and particular relation of the dreadful earthquake ... at Lima ... (London, 1748), p. [327]-341.
General noteThe first letter dated June 22, 1692; the second, June 28, 1692 (old style) "These were licensed the 9th of Sept. the same year, and printed at London on a half sheet of paper, for Jacob Tonson."--Foot-note, p. [327] cf. Hazlitt, Coll. & notes, 1867-76, p. 233; and Lindsay, Cat. of English broadsides, 1898, no. 644.
General noteNot to be confused with "The truest and largest account of the late earthquake in Jamaica, June the 7th, 1692. Written by a reverend divine there to his friend in London," London, T. Parkhurst, 1693, erroneously quoted by Sabin (no. 35559) as the original of the Dutch account published under title: Naauwkeuring verhaal van de zeer schrikkelyke aardbeving, voorgevallen op het eyland Jamaica ... vervat in 2 brieven van den predikant van Port Royal, geschreven den 2. en 8. July 1692. Another Dutch translation of the present account appeared under title: Ampel en breed verhaal van de jongst-gewesene aardbevinge tot Port-Royal in Jamaica, op den Juny 1692 ... Te Rotterdam, B. Bos, 1692.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
General noteSabin no. 64185.
References RLIN, CTRG401587-B
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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