"THE NORTH-AMERICAN AND WEST-INDIAN GAZETTEER, CONTAINING AN AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONIES AND ISLANDS IN THAT PART OF THE GLOBE..."

"THE NORTH-AMERICAN AND WEST-INDIAN GAZETTEER, CONTAINING AN AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONIES AND ISLANDS IN THAT PART OF THE GLOBE, SHEWING THEIR SITUATION, CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCE AND TRADE, WITH THEIR FORMER AND PRESENT CONDITION. ALSO, AN EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE CITIES, TOWNS, HARBOURS, PORTS, BAYS, RIVERS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS, NUMBER OF INHABITANTS.”

-2nd Edition, published in London in 1778.

-8vo Complete: 4, xxiv, 218 pp. plus two folding maps

-Near Fine condition of interior (some toning) with original binding rebacked.

-There are two folding maps of the West Indies and the North American colonies in excellent condition.

This is a rare description of North America at the time of the Revolutionary war. It has a particularly interesting Preface which describes the "Present unhappy differences between Great Britain and her Colonies". The 8vo book gives a short history of North America before a fascinating alphabetic list of descriptions of important places including New York, Boston and Philadelphia.