West Indies.- Ligon (Richard) A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes, second edition, folding engraved map with neatly repaired tear, 6 plates of natural history and 3 folding plates concerning sugar processing with the accompanying letterpress explanatory leaf (sometimes bound at end but bound here as directed), title verso with light discolouration from removal of bookplate, but an unusually bright and clean copy otherwise, later calf, gilt, upper joint cracked but holding, light rubbing to spine, [Goldsmiths' 2039; Sabin 41058; Wing L2076], folio, by Peter Parker...and Thomas Guy, 1673.
⁂ An early account of Barbados with the first separate map of the island. It also includes much on cocoa, cucumbers and pomegranates, as well as illustrations of bananas and pineapples.
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