The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies., By Bryan Edwards, Esq., .

Resource Information

The instance The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies., By Bryan Edwards, Esq., . represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library.

Label

The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies., By Bryan Edwards, Esq., .

Statement of responsibility

By Bryan Edwards, Esq., .

Instantiates

• The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies.

Publication

• London, Printed for John Stockdale ..., 1807

Note

• First published 1793
• Includes portrait of the author, island natives, illustrations of bread fruit (v. 1), a sugar mill (v. 2)
• Maps in v. 1: West Indies, 1799; Jamaica, 1794; Barbadoes, 1791; Grenada, 1794; St. Vincent, 1794; Dominica, 1794; St. Christopher's, 1794; Antigua, 1794; Virgin Islands, 1794. Maps in v. 3: St. Domingo, 1806; Tobago, 1799
• "Sketch of the life of the author, written by himself a short time before his death"--v. 1, p. ix-xiv

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Control code

376947

Dimensions

22 cm

Edition

• Fourth edition, with considerable additions.
• Illustrated with plates

Extent

3 v., 21 leaves of plates (20 folded)

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Note

Bowdoin Special Coll. copy: From the bequest of James Bowdoin III, 1811. Has London bookseller's label

Other physical details

illus., maps, ports.

Record ID

.b30547908