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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

The civil and natural history of Jamaica. In three parts, containing 1. An accurate description of that Island, its situation and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils, perfect and imperfect vegetables, quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. III. An account of the nature of climate in general, and their different effects upon the human body; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics....illustrated with fifty copper-plates...in natural size....

Publication Details

London: For the Author, 1756 CE.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

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Entry Number#13448
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15721
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
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Geographic Context

Publication place: London