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An account of the island of Jamaica, from the time of the Spaniards first discovering it to the year 1722 / Henry Barham.

By:

Henry Barham

Publication details: 1492-1722.Description: 56 pages : col. ; 22 x 26.5 cm; 55 unnumbered pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Other title:

An account of the island of Jamaica ... 1492 - 1722

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

MS 4

Other classification:

MS 4

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Manuscript	National Library of Jamaica	Special Collection Floor	MS 4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000096131

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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 ..."

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.

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