A short history of Barbados : from its first discovery and settlement, to the end of the year 1767.

The present state of the sugar plantations consider'd  but more especially that of the Island of Barbadoes.

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A short history of Barbados : from its first discovery and settlement, to the end of the year 1767.

The present state of the sugar plantations consider'd but more especially that of the Island of Barbadoes.