A natural and historical account of the Islands of Scilly : describing their situation, number, extent, soil, culture, produce, rarities, towns, fortifications, trade, manufacture, inhabitants. Their government, laws, customs, grants, records, and antiquities. The Importance of those Islands to the British Trade and Navigation; the Improvements they are capable of; and Directions for all Ships to avoid the Dangers of their Rocks. Illustrated with a new and correct draught of those isles from an actual survey, in the year 1744, including the neighbouring seas, and sea-coasts, next the Land's End of Cornwall, To which are added, The Tradition of a Tract of Land, called Lioness, devoured by the Sea, formerly joining those Isles and Cornwall. Of the Cause, Rise, and Disappearance of some Islands. And, lastly, a general account of Cornwall. /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for R. Manby and H.S. Cox, on Ludgate-Hill,
MDCCL. [1750]
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| Item Description: | Dedicated to the Duke of Cumberland. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | [2], viii, xvi, xiii, [1], 456 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, map ; 20 cm (8vo) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |