Landscape and Maps
Edward Long, The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government volume II, 1774. Image sourced from the John Carter Brown Library.
Edward Long, The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government volume II, 1774. Image sourced from the John Carter Brown Library.
Edward Long, The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government volume II, 1774. Image sourced from the John Carter Brown Library.
Edward Long, The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government volume II, 1774. Image sourced from the John Carter Brown Library.
Edward Long, The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government volume II, 1774. Image sourced from the John Carter Brown Library.
Images from Edward Long's 1774 The History of Jamaica are courtesy of The John Carter Brown Library.
First published in London, Edward Long’s 1774 The History of Jamaica [Full title:The History of Jamaica or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island: with Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government] examines the politics, cultures, and histories of the island. Although born in England, Long spent much of his life on the island overseeing his father's large and lucrative plantation.The text features a number of engravings, done by John Milton of London, including images of the Royal Harbor, the White and YS rivers, Montego Bay, and other locations across Jamaica. In addition to depictions of geographic landmarks, it also features detailed images and descriptions of estates, maps, and plantations. It has been praised for its detailed account of Jamaican geography and is considered a seminal work on the island's histography, and also for what Long's biographer Kenneth Morgan considers a "propaganda" like presentation of Long's opinions as facts. Volumes I, II, and III of Long’s The History of Jamaica are available in our archive.