The generall description of America or the New World
By: George Gardiner ; edited by Arnold R. Highfield and Alfredo E. Figueredo.
Contributors: Highfield, Arnold R.; Figueredo, A. E. 1949-
Publisher: Antilles Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; West Indies -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: General description of America or the New World
Description: "Welcome scholarly edition of 17th-century guide gives brief description of each Caribbean island individually, including settlers and indigenous population. Written by the son of a prominent English family who traveled to the recently settled English colonies in North America and the Caribbean and wished to establish a colony of his own in the Bahamas"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24) and index.
Originally published: A description of the New World. London : R. Leyburn, 1651.