C THE HISTORY OF BARBADOS; COMPRISING A GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND; A SKETCH OF THE HISTORICAL EVENTS SINCE THE SETTLEMENT; AND AN ACCOUNT OF ITS GEOLOGY AND NATURAL PRODUCTIONS. BY SIR ROBERT H. SCHOMBURGK, PH.D., KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL PRUSSIAN ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE; OF THE ROYAL FRENCH ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR. ΤΟ HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR CHARLES EDWARD GREY, KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE GUELPHS OF HANOVER, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF JAMAICA. THIS HISTORY OF BARBADOS IS, WITH ESPECIAL PERMISSION, VERY RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, ROBERT H. SCHOMBURGK. |