A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien
Subtitle: With an answer to the Spanish memorial against it. And arguments to prove that it is the interest of England to join with the Scots, and protect it. To which is added, a description of the country, and a particular account of the Scots colony..
Contributors: Belhaven, John Hamilton, Baron, 1656-1708; Foyer, Archibald; Ridpath, George, -1726; Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1699
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Natural history; Colonization; Description and travel; Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies
Notes: Dedication, page 8, 1st count, signed: Philo-Caledon.

"According to a manuscript note in the librarian's copy of the Catalogue of the New College Library (Edinburgh, 1868), the author is Archibald Foyer". See Scott.

Variously attributed to John Hamilton Belhaven, Andrew Fletcher, and George Ridpath. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun / by W.C. Mackenzie, Edinburgh, 1935, pages 314-323, attributes the work to John Hamilton Belhaven.

First published the same year in quarto (Scott, 68). Also published the same year as octavo in half sheets (Scott, 67). This issue published as octavo in whole sheets with two rules above imprint on title page.

Signatures: A-F⁸ (leaf F8 blank).

Errata: verso of title page.

Scott, J. Bibliography of printed documents and books relating to the Darien company, 67a

Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue, with data upon cognate items in other Harvard libraries, 2106

Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue, with data upon cognate items in other Harvard libraries, 2117

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), F2047A

Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana (1875-1882 edition), II:1560

European Americana, 699/12

English short title catalogue, R6186

Purchase; 1846; 0563.