A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America: Containing I. Some General Account of Ancient and Modern Colonies, the Granting and Settling of the British Continent and West-India Island Colonies ... II. The Hudson's-Bay Company's Lodges ... III. Newfoundland Harbours and Cod-fishery : IV. The Province of L'Acadie Or Nova Scotia ... V. The Several Grants ... United by a New Charter in the Present Province of Massachesetts-Bay, Commonly Called New-England, Band 1

R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1760 - 568 Seiten

Ancient and modern navigation and colonies in general	17

The first adventures from Europe to the E and W Indies	25

Dutch EaftIndia trade	36

French difcoveries and fettlements	90

Portugueſe diſcoveries and fettlements	103

British general difcoveries and fettlements on the conti	109

Digreffion concerning fugar	115

Jamaica	138

Inland of Sable	334

Paper currencies animadverted	359

General account	361

Explanatory charter 1726	380

Late Plymouth colony	401

Boundary lines	415

Governors	428

Church of England	442

Babama iflands	145

Our wars with the Indians	198

Difcoveries before grants	205

Their religious feltaries	224

Societies for propagating the gospel	231

Concerning the magnetick needle and its variations	263

PART II	273

N W paffage	280

Newfoundland its fifbery	287

Fisheries of five fpecies whales herring cod fmaller	294

NovaScotia	305

A Canada expedition mifcarries 1711	311

NewEngland Indian war 1722 c	317

The new Maffachuſetts charter	464

Civil Adminiftration general affembly or legislature	472

Secretaries	483

Some political plantation obfervations	490

The three negatives in a joint capacity	497

CapeBreton reimburſement	509

Provincial civil officers of MaffachusettsBay	515

Taxes and valuations	521

Annual Supplies	527

Rum bats iron	540

French and Indian wars fince the revolution with a cir	548

The French claims to fome part of NovaScotia revived	566

Titel	A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America: Containing I. Some General Account of Ancient and Modern Colonies, the Granting and Settling of the British Continent and West-India Island ..., Band 1 A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America: Containing I. Some General Account of Ancient and Modern Colonies, the Granting and Settling of the British Continent and West-India Island Colonies ... II. The Hudson's-Bay Company's Lodges ... III. Newfoundland Harbours and Cod-fishery : IV. The Province of L'Acadie Or Nova Scotia ... V. The Several Grants ... United by a New Charter in the Present Province of Massachesetts-Bay, Commonly Called New-England, William Douglass
Autor/in	William Douglass
Verlag	R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1760
Original von	Universität Complutense Madrid
Digitalisiert	7. Jan. 2009
Länge	568 Seiten

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