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*Comments about [https://archive.org/details/registrumecclesi00burnrich/page/236 "The registers of Persons Baptised etc Abroad: The West Indies"] page 237 ''Registrum ecclesiae parochialis : the history of parish registers in England : also of the registers of Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies...'' by John Southerden Burn 2nd edition 1862 Archive.org. Refers to some early Baptisms and Burials from Barbados in the "State Paper Office", now The National Archives at Kew, but it is unknown whether these records are still available. See [[West Indies#Other records|Other records]] above.
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-CARI-944_4-GOSL/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Dutch in the Caribbean and on the Wild Coast, 1580-1680''] by Cornelis Ch. Goslinga (Cornelis Christiaan) 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Goslinga also was the author of subsequent volumes ''The Dutch in the Caribbean and in the Guineas 1680-1791'', published 1985 available at the British Library UIN: BLL01005722306, and searchable, but not viewable at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000440335 HathiTrust] and ''The Dutch in the Caribbean and in Surinam 1791/5-1942'', pub. 1990, available at the B.L. UIN: BLL01012077679 and searchable, but not viewable at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002487834 Hathi Trust].
*''A true description of Jamaica, with the fertility, commodities and healthfulness of the place. As also, the towns, havens, creeks, promontories, and the circuit of the whole island''. London, 1657. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100029596475.0x000001 British Library Digital], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xehmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1 Google Books] same underlying file.
*[[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100099754196.0x000001 ''A Description of the Island of Jamaica; with the other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are related ... Taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch ... Governour of Jamaica ...'']] by Richard Blome 1687. British Library Digital. Title as catalogued by the British Library, with a different title on the book. Appears to be the title of a 1672 edition.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishnavaloper00nees/page/n1 ''The British Naval Operations in the West Indies, 1650-1700; a study in naval administration''] by Robert W Neeser. "Reprinted from the ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'', vol. 40, no. 6, whole no. 154, Nov.-Dec., 1914." Archive.org
*[https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Caribbean-Travel-Guide.pdf ''The English Empire in America: or, a view of the Dominions of the Crown of England in the West Indies''] by Robert Burton (Nathaniel Crouch). 7th edition, c 1729, first published 1685. Pdf from [https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/archives/ westindiacommittee.org]. (Note, the underlying URL suggests another title)
