A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica

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book natural history work travel narrative

A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica is a seminal late 17th-century natural history and travel work by Sir Hans Sloane documenting the flora, fauna, and culture of the Caribbean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
natural history work ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Hans Sloane NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorName Sir Hans Sloane NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains botanical illustrations ⓘ
zoological illustrations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
depicts Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madeira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nevis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Kitts NERFINISHED ⓘ
documents Caribbean animal species ⓘ
Caribbean climate and geography ⓘ
Caribbean plant species ⓘ
European colonial practices in the Caribbean ⓘ
indigenous knowledge of natural resources ⓘ
medicinal uses of plants ⓘ
genre natural history ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasPerspective European colonial observer ⓘ
historicalSignificance early comprehensive natural history of the Caribbean ⓘ
important source for Caribbean colonial history ⓘ
important source for history of science ⓘ
illustrated true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Caribbean colonial culture ⓘ
Caribbean ethnography ⓘ
Caribbean fauna ⓘ
Caribbean flora ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedWork Sloane’s collections for the British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
scientificDiscipline botany ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
setting Atlantic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caribbean Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed late 17th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy historians of Caribbean slavery ⓘ
historians of botany ⓘ
historians of colonial medicine ⓘ

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