The Natural, Moral, and Political History of Jamaica, and the Territories Thereon Depending: From the First Discovery of the Island by Christopher Col

by James Knight

Between 1737 and 1746, James Knight--a merchant, planter, and sometime Crown official and legislator in Jamaica--wrote a massive two-volume history of the island. The first volume provided a narrative of the colony's development up to the mid-1740s, while the second offered a broad survey of most aspects of Jamaican life as it had developed by the third and fourth decades of the eighteenth century. Completed not long before his death in the winter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813945569
• ISBN13: 9780813945569
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.7" x 9.4"