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The civil and natural history of Jamaica / by Patrick Browne.

Author/creator Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790
Other author/creatorEhret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
Format Electronic and Book
Edition[2nd ed.].
Publication InfoLondon : Sold by B. White and Son, 1789.
Descriptionviii, 503 pages, 48 unnumbered pages, 49 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates (some folded) : illustrations, map ; 38 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
Local noteScience; Travel.
Local note2009A738400.
General note"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. An history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils, perfect and imperfect vegetables, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects ; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet and physic."
General note"Illustrated with forty-nine copper plates; ... by George Dionysius Ehret."
General note"There are now added complete Linnæan indexes, and a large and accurate map of the island."
General noteIncludes indexes.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 8671.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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