A concise natural history of East and West Florida : containing an account of the natural produce of all the southern part of British America, in the three kingdoms of nature, particularly the animal and vegetable. Likewise, the artificial produce now raised, or possible to be raised, and manufactured there, with some commercial and political observations in that part of the world; and a chorographical account of the same. To which is added, by way of appendix, plain and easy directions to navigators over the bank of Bahama, the coast of th two Floridas, the north of Cuba, and the dangerous Gulph Passage. Noting also, the hitherto unknown watering places in that part of America, intended principally for the use of such vessels as may be so unfortunate as to be distressed by weather in that difficult part of the world. By Captain Bernard Romans. Illustrated with twelve copper plates, and two whole sheet maps. Vol. I.
| Author/creator | Romans, Bernard |
| Other author | Brown, William author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New-York : Printed for the author, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775] |
| Description | 4, viii, 342[i.e., 340], 2 unnumbered pages, lxxxix, 5 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered pagefolded leaf, 11 unnumbered pagesleaves of plates : illustrations, 3 maps ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | Dedicated to John Ellis. |
| General note | The second volume was not published. |
| General note | The "two whole sheet maps" of East and West Florida mentioned in the title were not issued with this work, but were eventually published separately in 1781. Cf. Library of Congress. Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789. Washington, 1981, p. 352. |
| General note | Most plates engraved by Romans. |
| General note | Error in paging: page numbers 176-177 omitted from pagination. |
| General note | "An aggregate and valuation of exports of produce from the province of Georgia .. Compiled by William Brown, comptroller and searcher of His Majesty's Customs in the Port of Savannah."--folded table facing p. 104. |
| General note | "List of subscribers to this work."--p. i-viii. "A list of subscribers, whose names were too late to be prefixed to the work."--p. [344]. |
| General note | Errata, p. lxxxix and [xci-xcii]. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Evans, 14440 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW20068. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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