The Early English Caribbean, 15701700 Vol 3 - 9781138759367

Taylor & Francis

This four-volume collection brings together rare pamphlets from the formative years of the English involvement in the Caribbean > This four-volume collection brings together rare pamphlets from the formative years of the English involvement in the Caribbean. Texts presented in the volumes cover the first impressions of the region, imperial rivalries between European traders and settlers and the experience of day-to-day life in the colonies. > Settling Anon., A True Description of Jamaica, with the Fertility, Commodities, and Healthfulness of the Place (1657); E[dmund] H[ickeringill], Jamaica Viewed (1661); Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica (1679); F[rancis] H[anson], A Short Account of the Island and Government Thereof (1683); Anon., The Present State of Jamaica (1683); John Poyntz, The Present Prospect of the Famous and Fertile Island of Tobago (1683) Labour James Hay, Second Earl of Carlisle, A Declaration by James, Earl of Carlile, L.