THE HISTORY, 



CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, 



OF THE 



BRITISH COLONIES 



IN THE 



WEST INDIES. 



BY BRYAN EDWARDS, ESQ. F.R.S. S.A. 



* ^** 



ILLUSTRATED BY AN ATLAS, 



AND 



EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR, 



TO WHICH IS ADDED A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE 



BAHAMA ISLANDS, 



DANIEL M'KINNEN, Esq. 



IN FOUR VOLUMES. 



VOL. I. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



PRINTED AND SOLD BY JAMES HUMPHREYS,, 

 At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets. 



1806. 



