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LONDON

... gave it the name of Grenada, in honour of tbe province of that name in Old Spain. This ifiand was always pre- ferred by the Caribbeans, the firft inhabitants, to the reft of the Caribbee iflands, for its vaiiety of game, and plenty of fifii. It enjoys good ...

Published: Saturday 10 April 1762
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1139 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MONDAY, Jpril ip, 1762

... about 73 miles Weft from Bar badues. It is about eight leagues long, and fiK broad. On it there are feveral mountains. Tire Caribbeans and Negroes are numerous here, and live well in large villages. The unfuccefsful attempt made by .the duke Montague, to ...

Published: Monday 19 April 1762
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 697 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ppily.ll O N 1> O N

... but this articie is lefs cultivated thaa fo merry tliroughout the Weft Indies. It is at prefent chief- ly inhabited by the Caribbean-, and many fugitives frum Barbadoes, and tbe other iflands. It was affirmed yeflerday at the admiralty, that Admi- ral Byron*S ...

Published: Monday 09 August 1779
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2068 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Th- f.f.iarion o! this unf tunate Colony, 1 ibour- i ?? a ?? time pail under UI die .dreadful

... principles of juftice, and :.-r ■• lequently unlawful, any fteps taken hv this II .mid, > interfere with the editor pi the Caribbean llepiji.-, whilli under a prolecution fi»r a libd againli v, ■■:-. Ex- cellency, would be prejudging the caafe. ov which ...

Published: Monday 14 March 1791
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1127 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ON THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE

... probable they originate from fome local caufes. Such an exception is particularly obfervable the inhabitants of fome of the Caribbean ifles ; the vigorous and effectual refiftance of a thoufand Caribs in the ifland St Vincent, in a very late period of Englifh ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1796
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1969 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

... command to the southward; : and, svhile cruizing on that station, and iff the island of Bonacca, received information from the Caribbean fishermen, rhat a guakda costa was at anchor under the batteries of Truxillo, and that £he had lately captured and cartied ...

Published: Saturday 18 January 1806
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 954 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

LONDON—MAY 23

... brave crew of the Prince hive giyen a fresh proof of the spirit which per. ae the Falmouth packets. Onthe 19th March, i Caribbean sea, Captain Petre fell in with a French schooner privateer, of 10 guns and fall of which he fought in close action for three ...

Published: Thursday 26 May 1808
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1168 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

LONDON

... coffee.m 5. c The Puke of DaritofGeprivateer a l' a had a period put to her depredations. gignist British commerce in the Caribbean Seas, if we mnay'l Inteflo ing extract fiom the Jamaica, Cbo ouranl faed 1th Mo~rxrj, BAY, Jan. 4.-The ship Flora, Pow- ...

Published: Saturday 29 February 1812
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1543 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... and a fast sailing vessel was sent after the fleet, wvith orders that it should change its course and pro- ceed to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulph of lMexico. sht de d Poi bri( sta the wa cee bel dot ant aga po1 not the ceT we beb thr sor thi 001 nmi ...

Published: Thursday 31 August 1815
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3632 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

SOUTH AMERICA

... arrested _before the' gon « ral _insurrection could _take place . The _federate Provinces of New _Grenada' comprehend , on the Caribbean Sea _, all the _coast which _extends from _^ _tlio frontiers of Guatimala , asfar as _the _Poiutof Gallinsis _; _beyond the ...

Published: Saturday 22 August 1818
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2493 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MONTHLY REGISTER

... stating, city had also fallen into their hands, city of Barcelona is situated the Neveri, about half league's distance a)l the Caribbean sea. It is inij' l ' ts , place, and contains 10,000 inlia'' 1 Cumana is about mile from the sea, and has a population of ...

Published: Friday 01 October 1819
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1668 | Page: 73 | Tags: none

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... beautiful view of the town, the harbour, the boundless ocean, and extensive plantations sugar cane, situated in the heart the Caribbean Islands, Antigua ranks next to Barbadoes. Its shipping, little inferior. Here the proprietor and regulator of the mail-beats ...

Published: Thursday 17 August 1826
Newspaper: Perthshire Courier
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3387 | Page: 4 | Tags: none