Roberts, William:

$20,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY, AND NATURAL HISTORY OF FLORIDA. WITH A PARTICULAR DETAIL OF THE SEVERAL EXPEDITIONS AND DESCENTS MADE ON THAT ... One of the first substantive accounts of Florida in English. Jefferys issued the book immediately after Florida became a British possession, by cession from Spain in the treaty which ended the French and Indian War. The large map, by Jefferys, shows Florida and the South below North Carolina and west to the Mississippi. Other maps and plates are a map of the harbor at Pensacola, a map of the Bay of St. Joseph, a map of the Bay of Espiritu Santo, a plan of the town and harbor of St. Augustine, a view of the town of Pensacola, and a plan of the bay of Mobile. The text offers a long description of Pensacola, an account of the several expeditions to Florida made by the English, French, and Spanish, a brief examination of the region's natural history, and a short description of West Florida.This copy complete with the leaf of Contents and the letter from Capt. Robinson at the end, often wanting. A fundamental Florida item."One of the best 18th-century descriptions of Florida" - Streeter.

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