""An Account of the Present State of the Island of Puerto Rico"" is a historical book written by George Dawson Flinter in 1834. The book provides a detailed description of the island of Puerto Rico during the early 19th century, including its geography, climate, economy, government, culture, and society. Flinter's account is based on his personal observations and research, as well as on the reports of other travelers and officials. The book covers a wide range of topics, such as the island's natural resources, agriculture, trade, transportation, education, religion, and politics. Flinter also discusses the social and racial dynamics of Puerto Rico, including the relationships between the Spanish colonizers, the African slaves, and the indigenous Ta������no people. Overall, ""An Account of the Present State of the Island of Puerto Rico"" provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of this important Caribbean island during a pivotal period of its development.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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Vendeur : California Books, Miami, FL, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. N° de réf. du vendeur I-9781436767491
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