Author: John Coakley Lettsom
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Category : Tea
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Author: HISTORY.
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Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Author: Markman Ellis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040232612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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This four-volume, reset collection takes as its starting point the earliest substantial descriptions of tea as a commodity in the mid-seventeenth century, and ends in the early nineteenth century with two key events: the discovery of tea plants in Assam in 1823, and the dissolution of the East India Company’s monopoly on the tea trade in 1833.

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Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Author: Benjamin Smith Barton
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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Author: Bernard Romans
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817308768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457

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Bernard Romans's A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, William Bartram's Travels, and James Adair's History of the American Indian are the three most significant accounts of the southeastern United States published during the late 18th century. This new edition of Romans's Concise Natural History, edited by historian Kathryn Braund, provides the first fully annotated edition of this early and rare description of both the European settled areas and the adjoining Indian lands in what are now the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Romans's purpose in producing his Concise Natural History was twofold: to aid navigators and shippers by detailing the sailing passages of the region and to promote trade and settlement in the region. To those ends, he provided detailed scientific observations on the natural history of the area, a summary of the region's political history, and an assessment of the potential for economic growth in the Floridas based on the area's natural resources. A trained surveyor and cartographer and a self-taught naturalist, Romans supplied detailed descriptions of the region's topography and environment, including information about the climate and weather patterns, plants, animals, and diseases. He provided information about the state of scientific inquiry in the South and touched on many of the most important intellectual arguments of the day, such as the origin of the races, the practice of slavery, and the benefits and drawbacks of monopoly on trade. In addition, Concise Natural History can be placed firmly in the genre of colonial promotional literature. Romans's book was an enthusiastic guide aimed at those seeking to establish modest holdings in the region: "What a field is open here! . . . No country ever had such inexhaustible resources; no empire had ever half so many advantages combining in its behalf!" Romans explained how settlers should travel to the area, what they would need in terms of provisions and tools, and what it would cost to have their land surveyed. In addition to providing an abundance of practical advice, Romans also offered information about the history of earlier settlements, including the earliest and most complete account of New Smyrna near St. Augustine. Romans also presented unique information about the various Indian tribes he encountered. In fact, historians agree that among the most useful portions of the book are Romans's descriptions of the largest Indian tribes in the 18th-century Southeast: the Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws. Romans's account of the diet of the Creeks and Choctaws is one of the most complete available. And his description of the location of Choctaw village sites is one of the best sources for this information.

Author: Linnean Society of London
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752578483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

Author: John Forbes Royle
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 586

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