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Ligon, Richard. A true & exact history of the island of Barbadoes. : Illustrated with a map of the island, as also the principal trees and plants there, set forth in their due proportions and shapes, drawn out by their several and respective scales. Together with the ingenio that makes the sugar, with the plots of the several houses, rooms, and other places, that are used in the whole process of sugar-making; viz. the grinding-room, the boyling-room, the filling-room, the curing-house, still-house, and furnaces; all cut in copper. By Richard Ligon, gent

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Reference IDs
Goldsmiths': 2039
Folger bibliographic ID: 137696
ESTC number: R18591
Wing number: L2076
Folger call number: L2076
Folger holdings ID: 129779
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General notes

Originally published in 1657 as: A true & exact history of the island of Barbados" (Wing L2075)

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2019. First Chefs. Opening: map of Barbadoes

Item information about Folger L2076

cs362. "An index..." with instructions to place "after folio 84" is bound after 2I1; contents leaf, signed 2I2, is bound after [A]1. Torn on S1 and 2I1, affecting text. Provenance: inscription on front paste-down: "Geo: [George] Monnington. [and in a different ink] to Geo [George] - Wilson - Nov. 26. 1842"; in pencil on back paste-down: "from J. Pearson & Co."

Also known as
Uniform title: True & exact history of the island of Barbados
Extended title: A true & exact history of the island of Barbadoes. : Illustrated with a map of the island, as also the principal trees and plants there, set forth in their due proportions and shapes, drawn out by their several and respective scales. Together with the ingenio that makes the sugar, with the plots of the several houses, rooms, and other places, that are used in the whole process of sugar-making; viz. the grinding-room, the boyling-room, the filling-room, the curing-house, still-house, and furnaces; all cut in copper. By Richard Ligon, gent
Alternate titles: True and exact history of the island of Barbadoes
Subjects
Botany Barbados
Related names
author: Ligon, Richard