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*''A new and exact map of the island of St. Christopher in America'' by Samuel Baker 1753. Now known as Saint Kitts. [https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5042s.ar198500/ Library of Congress version], [http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000245722 Biblioteca Digital Hispánica version] Biblioteca Nacional de España. The map may be slow to open in the latter version.
*[https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-2r36v097z A New map of Jamaica : exhibiting the boundaries of each parish and the different post roads throughout the island… 1800] maps.princeton.edu
*[http://maps.nls.uk/jamaica/index.html Maps of Jamaica by James Robertson, 1804] National Library of Scotland.
*[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)
*''The British Empire in America : containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America. The Second Volume. Being an account of the country, soil, climate, product and trade of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincents, Dominico, Antego, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbuda, Anguilla, Jamaica, the Bahama and Bermudas Islands. With curious maps of the several places done from the newest surveys'' [by John Oldmixon] [https://archive.org/details/britishempireina04oldm/page/n3 1708 edition], [https://archive.org/details/britishempireina02oldm/page/n10 Second edition, Corrected and Amended 1741] Archive.org
*''A description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the coast of the West Indies: compiled from authentic Memoirs... With... maps... engraved by Thomas Jefferys''. [https://archive.org/details/descriptionofspa00jeff 1762 edition, Archive.org] [http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000043500 1762 edition, BDH] [http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000000523 1774 edition, BDH] Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, Biblioteca Nacional de España. Note, catalogue by BDH includes ''Spanish Island''
*[https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof02wynn/page/n7/mode/2up ''A General History of the British Empire in America : containing an historical, political, and commercial view of the English settlements ; including all the countries in North-America, and the West-Indies, ceded by the peace of Paris, Volume II''] by Mr Wynne 1770 Archive.org. (Vol II contains the West Indies sections).
*[https://archive.org/details/BNA-DIG-HARTOG-COCKBURNE/mode/2up ''The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Cockburne, late Governor of the Island of St. Eustatius, for the Loss of the said Island, before a Court Martial held at the Horse Guards, on Monday, May 12th, 1783, and nine subsequent Days''] taken in Short Hand by E Hodgson. 1783 Archive.org.
*[http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/bdh0000001518 ''A brief account of the island of Antigua''] by John Luffman 1789. Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, Biblioteca Nacional de España. Title as catalogued by the British Library ''A brief account of the island of Antigua, together with the customs and manners of its inhabitants, as well white as black: ... In letters to a friend. Written in the years 1786, 1787, 1788''.
*''A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica: with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves'' by William Beckford 1790. [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc02beckgoog/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveacc03beckgoog/page/n6 Volume II] Archive.org.
*''The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies'' by Bryan Edwards. First published 1793. 1806 volumes have additional title ''To which is added A general description of the Bahama islands by Daniel M'Kinnen''
