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Descriptive account of the island of Trinidad : made by order of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, K.B., lieutenant-general and commander in chief of the British forces in the West Indies / by F. Mallet, capt. of the surveying engineers, 1797 ; printed on four sheets of large atlas paper, in which are delineated all the lands granted by the crown of Spain since the first establishment, likewise all those lands which remain to be granted, and are suitable for various manufactures and plantations, distinguishing also the mountains, rivers, savana and marsh lands, royal roads, Indian paths, anchoring places, rocks, sand-banks, &c ; with the soundings round the island in fathoms ; accompanied with a general chart of the Gulph of Paria.

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Mallet, F, active 1797

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Publication details: London : Printed for W. Faden, geographer to the King, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, 1802.Description: 15 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 26 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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917.2983, Mal

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Copy at Maps K.Top.123.122.b.8 TAB.END. Digitised item

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960715 Charm

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Includes statistics.

"List of the proprietors of land in the island of Trinidad, March 20th, 1797"--Page [11]-15.

Folded plates at end: "General account of the population and agriculture of the island of Trinidad, made by quarters in July, 1797"; "A general account of the quantity of land, suitable for various manufactures and plantations, such as sugar, coffee, cotton, cocoa, indigo, & c, each portion of land contains 100 squares of 320 acres."

Facing title page: "Plan of the isle of Trinidad with the Gulf of Paria and the adjacent lands, published by W. Faden ... 1802."

Contains also list of proprietors of land in ... Trinidad ... 1797. - General account of the population and agriculture of ... Trinidad ... by quarters ... 1797. - A general account of the quantity of land suitable for various manufactures and plantations, such as sugar ... etc ...