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The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island; a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural productions. (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848), by Robert H. Schomburgk (page images at HathiTrust)
The Barbados handbook (Duckworth and co., 1913), by Edward Goulburn Sinckler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Report of a committee appointed to inquire into the actual condition of the slaves in this Island. ... (W. Sior, 1824), by Committee of the Council of Barbadoes (page images at HathiTrust)
Report. (Barbados, 1898), by Barbados. Department of Science and Agriculture, Barbados. Department of Agriculture, and Great Britain. Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island; a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural productions. (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848), by Robert H. Schomburgk (page images at HathiTrust)
Laws of Barbados (Printed at Advocate Printing Works, 1912), by Barbados, C. P. Clarke, and G. Aubrey Goodman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Original lists of persons of quality, emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars, from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England (Chatto and Windus, 1874), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information ... Fully illustrated with maps, engravings and photo-prints. (Boston : Photo-Electrotype Co.; Barbados : Bowen & Sons, [1894], 1894), by James Henry Stark (page images at HathiTrust)
Census of Barbados (1881-'91) (T.E. King & Co., 1891), by Barbados and C. J. Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
A new map of the Island of Barbadoes (John Sellers, 1682), by Phillip Lea (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of Barbados. (H.M.S.O. [etc.], 1887), by Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Our early emigrant ancestors : original lists of persons of quality, emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars, from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England (J.W. Bouton, 1880), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoirs of the first settlement of the island of Barbados and other [of] the Carribbee islands with the succession of the governors and commanders in chief of Barbados to the year 1742. Extracted from ancient records, papers, and accounts taken from Mr. William Arnold, Mr. Samuel Bulky, and Mr. John Summers, some of the first settlers, the last of whom was alive in 1688 aged 82. Also some remarks on the laws and constitution of Barbados. ([J.E. Walcott], 1891), by William Duke (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Barbados -- Biography

The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went From Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 (reprinted New York: Empire State Book Co., from a London edition of 1874), ed. by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who in Canada; an illustrated biographical record of men and women of the time. (International Press Limited., in the 20th century), by Barnet M. Greene and Charles Whately Parker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The original lists of persons of quality, emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700; with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars, from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England. (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1962), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700. With their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. From mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England. (G.A. Baker, 1931), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The Original lists of persons of quality, emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700 with their ages, the locations where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars : from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England (Chatto and Windus, 1874), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The Original lists of persons of quality, emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars, from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England (Chatto and Windus, 1874), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700. (J. W. Bouton, 1874), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Our early emigrant ancestors : original lists of persons of quality, emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars, from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England (J.W. Bouton, 1880), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Barbados -- Biography. from old catalog

The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700. (J. W. Bouton, 1874), by John Camden Hotten and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Barbados -- Census, 1891

Census of Barbados (1881-'91) (T.E. King & Co., 1891), by Barbados and C. J. Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Barbados -- Climate

Distribution and mechanism of energy exchange between the tropical oceans and atmosphere (Florida State University, Dept. of Meteorology, 1965), by Michael Garstang and N. E. La Seur (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Barbados -- Commerce

Commercial geography of Barbados. (Dept. of Geography, Indiana University, 1961), by Otis P. Starkey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Barbados -- Description and travel

Emancipation of the West Indies: A Six Months' Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837 (Anti-Slavery Examiner #7; New York: American Anti-slavery Society, 1838), by James A. Thome and J. Horace Kimball
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Notes on the West Indies: written during the expedition under the command of the late General Sir Ralph Abercromby: including observations on the island of Barbados, and the settlements captured by the British troops, upon the coast of Guiana: likewise remarks relating to the Creoles and slaves of the western colonies, and the Indians of South America: with occasional hints, regarding the seasoning, or yellow fever of hot climates. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806), by George Pinckard and W. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
The daily journal of Major George Washington, in 1751-2, kept while on a tour from Virginia to the island of Barbadoes with his invalid brother, Maj. Lawrence Washington ... (J. Munsell's sons, 1892), by George Washington and Joseph M. Toner (page images at HathiTrust)
Emancipation in the West Indies. A six months' tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica in the year 1837 (Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1838), by James A. Thome, Joseph Horace Kimball, and American Anti-Slavery Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Narrative of a voyage from Montego Bay, in the island of Jamaica, to England ... across the island of Cuba to Havanna[!]: from thence to Charles Town, South Carolina, Newcastle on the Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland; and by land to Washington and back; thence to Philadelphia, and through the Jerseys, to New York: where he embarked ... and made the voyage to Havre-de-Grace, in France ... Performed in the autumn, 1809. Also of a voyage from England to Barbadoes by Cadiz, Teneriffe, and Guadaloupe, in 1810. (Printed for C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1831), by George Hallam (page images at HathiTrust)
Barbados tourist guide (Advocate Co., 1914), by Hänschell & Co (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Barbados, post report. (U.S. Dept. of State :, 1983), by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)
Notes on the West Indies : including observations relative to the Creoles and slaves of the western colonies and the Indian of South America : interspersed with remarks upon the seasoning or yellow fever of hot climates (Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, etc., 1816), by George Pinckard (page images at HathiTrust)
Emancipation in the West Indies. A six months' tour in Antiqua, Barbados, and Jamaica, in the year 1837. (The American Anti-Slavery Society, 1839), by James A. Thome, J. Horace Kimball, and American Anti-Slavery Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information ... Fully illustrated with maps, engravings and photoprints. (J. H. Stark;, 1903), by James Henry Stark (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Desultory sketches and tales of Barbados. (H. Washbourne; [etc., etc.], 1840), by Theodore Easel (page images at HathiTrust)
Waller's voyage in the West Indies (Printed for Sir R. Phillips and co., 1820), by John Augustine Waller (page images at HathiTrust)
Reminiscences of a tour through the West Indies (s.n., 1889), by C. Colville Malton (page images at HathiTrust)
A brief account, together with observations, made during a visit in the West Indies, and a tour through the United States of America, in parts of the years 1832-3 together with a statistical account of Upper Canada (s.n.], 1836), by Thomas Rolph (page images at HathiTrust)
Background notes, Barbados. ([U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication] :, 1994), by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication (page images at HathiTrust)
Background notes, Barbados. ([U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication] :, 1993), by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication (page images at HathiTrust)
Background notes, Barbados. (U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication :, 1990), by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication (page images at HathiTrust)
Background notes, Barbados. ([U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication] :, 1998), by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication (page images at HathiTrust)
Background notes, Barbados. (U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial Division :, 1987), by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication. Editorial Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information ... Fully illustrated with maps, engravings and photo-prints. (Photo-Electrotype Co., 1893), by James Henry Stark (page images at HathiTrust)
An account of a West Indian sanatorium and a guide to Barbados (S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886), by J. H. Sutton Moxly (page images at HathiTrust)
Under tropical skies (Printed for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society by the Nazarene Pub. House, 1910), by S. N. Fitkin (page images at HathiTrust)
Alexanders von Humboldt Reise in Südamerika und Waller's Kreuzerfahrten in Westindien (Leipzig, 1832), by Alexander von Humboldt, John Augustine Waller, and Wilhelm Harnish (page images at HathiTrust)
Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information ... Fully illustrated with maps, engravings and photo-prints. (Boston : Photo-Electrotype Co.; Barbados : Bowen & Sons, [1894], 1894), by James Henry Stark (page images at HathiTrust)
Background notes, Barbados. (U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial Division :, 1982), by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communications. Editorial Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Background notes, Barbados. (U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial Division :, 1984), by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication. Editorial Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Friendly advcie [sic] to the gentlemen-planters of the East and West Indies in three parts ... (Printed by Andrew Sowle ..., 1684), by Thomas Tryon (page images at HathiTrust)
Emancipation in the West Indies. A six months' tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the year 1837. (The American Anti-Slavery Society, 1838), by James A. Thome and J. Horace Kimball (page images at HathiTrust)
A true & exact history of the island of Barbados, by Richard Ligon (Gutenberg ebook)
Een Reis naar het Land van de Cacao en de Suiker: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908 (in Dutch), by Th Dufau (Gutenberg ebook)
A true and faithful account of the four chiefest plantations of the English in America to wit, of Virginia, New-England, Bermudus, Barbados : with the temperature of the air, the nature of the soil, the rivers, mountains, beasts, fowls, birds, fishes, trees, plants, fruits, &c. : as also, of the natives of Virginia, and New-England, their religion, customs, fishing, hunting, &c. / collected by Samuel Clarke ... (London : Printed for Robert Clavel, Thomas Passenger, William Cadman, William Whitwood, Thomas Sawbridge, and William Birch, 1670), by Samuel Clarke (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A true & exact history of the island of Barbados illustrated with a mapp of the island, as also the principall trees and plants there, set forth in their due proportions and shapes, drawne out by their severall and respective scales : together with the ingenio that makes the sugar, with the plots of the severall houses, roomes, and other places that are used in the whole processe of sugar-making ... / by Richard Ligon, Gent. (London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley ..., 1657), by Richard Ligon (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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