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Harlow, V. T.

Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623 - 1667

1925

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Year of publication
1925
Place of printing
London. The Hakluyt Society
Author
Harlow, V. T.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xcx, 262 pp, 6 folding maps including 3 large folding maps in rear pocket, two plates including frontis portrait and other portrait, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on both covers, gilt lettering on spine, slight wear at spine ends, rear internal hinge cracked & repaired, endpaper bookplate of Edison W. Brown, MD, very good+, interior clean and fine. A picture of this National Maritime Museum 310. Chapters include colonization of St. Christopher, Nevis and Barbados, the voyage of Sir Henry Colt in 1631, Admiral de Ruyter's West Indies raid in 1665, Trinidad and Tobago, Guiana. The 82 page introduction provides an excellent historical perspective, while the book includes original documents not available elsewhere.
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