The History of the Island of Dominica / Containing a Description of Its Situation, Extent, Climate, Mountains, Rivers, Natural Productions, &c. &c.

A detailed survey of a Caribbean island covering physical geography—situation, extent, climate, mountains, rivers, soils, and natural history including plants, animals, reptiles, and insects—and agricultural produce and cultivation practices. It recounts the island's capture and transfer between colonial powers and describes land grants, settlement policies, and trade, including ports and commerce. Civil institutions, courts, militia, parish divisions, the capital, fortifications, and local customs receive practical description. Social groups are profiled—European settlers, free people of colour, indigenous inhabitants, and enslaved Africans—with discussion of manners, laws, a recorded slave uprising and its suppression. Observations conclude with remarks on resources and prospects for settlement and commerce.