An account of the island of Jamaica, from the time of the Spaniards first discovering it to the year 1722 /
Henry Barham.
An account of the island of Jamaica, from the time of the Spaniards first discovering it to the year 1722 / An account of the island of Jamaica ... 1492 - 1722 Henry Barham. - 1492-1722. - 56 pages : col. ; 22 x 26.5 cm 55 unnumbered pages ; - account book handwritten On spine : Barham's History of Jamaica. - Includes general accounts from 1400's - 1722
Includes letters concerning general Robert Venables. Transcript from Sloane MS 3918 in the British Museum, made for the Institute of Jamaica. Incipit : "p. 22. and now we have done with the Spaniards themselves ..." Transcript from Sloane MS 3918 in the British Museum, made for the Institute of Jamaica. Incipit : "p. 22. and now we have done with the Spaniards themselves ..."
This manuscript gives an historical account of the island of Jamaica, from 1492-1722 as written by Henry Barham. Included in this manuscript are several letters written about General Robert Venables.
Henry Barham F.R.S. (1670?-1726). The main evidents of his life were recorded by himself in a letter to Sir Hans Sloane. He traveled widely and settled in Jamaica as the Surgeon-Major of the military forces in Jamaica. He died in Spanish Town Jamaica in May, 1726.
--History.--Jamaica.--Manuscripts.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts--Jamaica.
Jamaica--History--Early works to 1800.
Jamaica--History.
Jamaica.
MS 4
An account of the island of Jamaica, from the time of the Spaniards first discovering it to the year 1722 / An account of the island of Jamaica ... 1492 - 1722 Henry Barham. - 1492-1722. - 56 pages : col. ; 22 x 26.5 cm 55 unnumbered pages ; - account book handwritten On spine : Barham's History of Jamaica. - Includes general accounts from 1400's - 1722
Includes letters concerning general Robert Venables. Transcript from Sloane MS 3918 in the British Museum, made for the Institute of Jamaica. Incipit : "p. 22. and now we have done with the Spaniards themselves ..." Transcript from Sloane MS 3918 in the British Museum, made for the Institute of Jamaica. Incipit : "p. 22. and now we have done with the Spaniards themselves ..."
This manuscript gives an historical account of the island of Jamaica, from 1492-1722 as written by Henry Barham. Included in this manuscript are several letters written about General Robert Venables.
Henry Barham F.R.S. (1670?-1726). The main evidents of his life were recorded by himself in a letter to Sir Hans Sloane. He traveled widely and settled in Jamaica as the Surgeon-Major of the military forces in Jamaica. He died in Spanish Town Jamaica in May, 1726.
--History.--Jamaica.--Manuscripts.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts--Jamaica.
Jamaica--History--Early works to 1800.
Jamaica--History.
Jamaica.
MS 4