A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.
Alternate Title(s):
Running title: Voyage to Jamaica
Published / Created:
London : Printed by B.M. for the author, 1707-1725.
Physical Description:
2 v., XI, 274 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. (frontispiece), map (engravings) ; 36 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:1273130
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Skhc 065 Copy 1: Leaves mounted.
Exhibition History:
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753 -- Travel -- West Indies. | Natural history -- Jamaica -- Pre-Linnean works. | Natural history -- West Indies -- Pre-Linnean works. | Botany -- Pre-Linnean works. | Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800. | Jamaica -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Caribbean Area -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | West Indies -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Salwey, Thomas, 1791-1878. -- Bookplate. | Royal Entomological Society of London -- Stamp.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1707-1725. | Early works. | Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, engraver. | Savage, John, active 1680, engraver. | Motte, Benjamin, -1738, printer.