I N T R O D U G T I O N. 



^ I H E Britip nation being forced by the crown of Spain 

 I into a war with that country, much againft both interefi: and 

 incHnation, after having reduced the French to the ioweft 

 extremity, by the aiTiflance of providence, and the valour and wife 

 difpofition of our fleets and armies, under the aufpices of a good 

 caufe, our eyes of courfe turn towards thofe parts of Spanijld 

 America,, where it is moft hkely the Englifi will principally aim 

 their attacks. 



To contribute fomewhat tow^ard gratifying this curiofity fo na- 

 tural at a feafon when fuch large and powerful armaments from 

 our own country, are abroad, hovering as it were about their 

 coafts and territories in the new world ; and while we are in 

 doubtful expedation where next the fury of war will fall, and for 

 tlve confequences of it in thofe parts • this brief defcription makes 

 its appearance to the Public. In the execution of our defign, it is 

 intended to confine the pen chiefly to an account of the fea-coafls, 

 harbous, and towns adjacent to them, of xh^ Spanifo acquihtions 

 in the Wejl-Ii2dies ; beginning from the eaftern part of the fouth 

 coafl: of the Tierra Firma^ thence along the fhore to V era Cruz^ 

 round to Florida^ and fo to the iflands of Cuba^ &c. Two reafons 

 more efpecially induce us to limit our work in this manner ; the 



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