Geography rectified; or, A description of the world, in all its kingdoms, provinces, countries ..As also their commodities, coins, weights, and measures, compared with those at LondonIllustrated with seventy eight mapsThe 3d ed., enlTo which is added a compleat geographical index to the whole, alphabetically digestedThe whole work performed according to the more accurate observations and discoveries of modern authors . the Mouth of the Haven ^ it is thegeneral Rendevouz of the 5/)<?«//^ Fleets, fandis capable to receive atriaufand VelTels) when they return for 5p^;;7,honourM therefore witht
Geography rectified; or, A description of the world, in all its kingdoms, provinces, countries ..As also their commodities, coins, weights, and measures, compared with those at LondonIllustrated with seventy eight mapsThe 3d ed., enlTo which is added a compleat geographical index to the whole, alphabetically digestedThe whole work performed according to the more accurate observations and discoveries of modern authors . the Mouth of the Haven ^ it is thegeneral Rendevouz of the 5/)<?«//^ Fleets, fandis capable to receive atriaufand VelTels) when they return for 5p^;;7,honourM therefore withthe the Governor, and thegreateft Trade of all tbefe five Leagues from the Havana towards the Eall; is the Port of;^^r/?<2c^i, memorable for thdit Feter Htyn General for the Dutch WefiIndia- CompanvV, there furprized in the year iS^g^ih^Spanifh Fleet, it into Holland : A Prize efteemed worth feven,iV^#i6ng#Gr<0wi)ss yet very ill Tecompenfed for his fervice andpains, ,,:,??- ? : Nor can-I fbrget the memorable Story of one of the Caeicjuesof thelOand, v/ho addreffinghimfelfuntoCc/.^yi^^^j, advifed him to uie hisfortune with modcration,and to ren^ember, that the Souls of Men hadtwo journies, when they leavethis World: The one foul and dark, forihe injuTious and cruel i the other delightful and pleafant, for the?peaceable and juft. It ? ^ ^ i Of JAMAICA. 5^7. DS^Harles U\ T SiThoinAs \ O S^<riiiahtkGS^Paints IjH PortHayalX [mii imiUmi b Fafia^£ fartC ^arJeiie J)i?jils IoiiU: T is fituated South of C«&^, and Weft of HiJ^anioU, in Xh^Tornd-- Zone, in eighteen Degrees of Northern Latitude i yet the heat isIbqualified with the frelh Eafterly breezes, that conltantly blow allday, rcfrelhed with frequent Showers, andilich Dews which tall inthe Night, that it maybe truly called temperate ^ its Air healthtulj,its Soil rich and fertile, plentiful of all things necelTary. The Landwell ftocked with C
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