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A new history of Jamaica, from the earliest accounts, to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon: in thirteen letters from a gentleman to his … of its governors and lieutenant governors.

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Title: A new history of Jamaica, from the earliest accounts, to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon : in thirteen letters from a gentleman to his friend … in which are briefly interspersed, the characters of its governors and lieutenant governors.

Author: Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

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Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 incorporates a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.

Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North The usa in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South The usa in addition to the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, latest opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.

Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are to be had by way of print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of every age.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP01695800

CollectionID: CTRG95-B2171

PublicationDate: 17400101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin’s Dictionary of books with regards to America

Notes: Attributed to Charles Leslie of Jamaica and to Edward Vernon. Letters 1-9 and 11-13 also found in Charles Leslie’s A new and exact account of Jamaica, Edinburgh, 1739.

Collation: iv, 340 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : 2 maps ; 21 cm. (8vo)

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