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Edinburgh Review articles concerning/from Central America, the Caribbean and
South America,
1802-1820 inclusive
The Edinburgh Review
Or
Critical Journal

Published
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown.

List of articles/reviews of publications concerning and/or from Central America, the Caribbean and South America.
(Key: Volume: Issue Number )

Note: the page numbers of articles vary with different editions. Spellings, publication and other details are given as they appear in the Edinburgh Review.


1:1 (October, 1802)
Article XXVII. pp. 216-237. The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies; or, an Inquiry into the Objects and profitable Effects of the French Expedition to the West Indies, and their connexion with the Colonial Interest of the British Empire: to which are subjoined, Sketches of a Plan for settling the Vacant Lands of Trinidada. In Four Letters to the Right Honourable Henry Addington, Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. London: Hatchard. pp. 222. 1802.

2:4 (July, 1803)
Article VIII. pp. 376-91. The History of the Maroons, from their Origin to the Establishment of their Chief Trade at Sierra Leone; including the Expedition to Cuba, for the purpose of procuring Spanish Chasseurs; and the State of the Island of Jamaica for the last ten years; with a succinct History of the Island previous to that period. By R. C. Dallas, Esq. Two vols. 8vo. pp. 987. London. Longman and Rees. 1803.

Article XIX. pp. 484-91. Memorial addressed to the Sovereigns of Europe and the Atlantic. By Governor Pownall. London. Debrett. 1803.

5:9 (October, 1804)
Article XVI. pp. 209-241. A Defence of the Slave Trade, on the grounds of Humanity, Policy, and Justice. 8vo. pp. 90. London. Highly. 1804.

7:13 (October, 1805)
Article XVI. pp. 244-48. The Horrors of the Negro Slavery existing in our West India Islands, demonstrated from official Documents recently presented to the House of Commons. 8vo. Hatchard. London. 1805.

8:15 (April, 1806)
Article III. pp. 52-64. An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a View of the Principal Transactions in the Revolution of Saint Domingo, with its Antient and Modern State. By Marcus Rainsford, Esq. Late Captain, Third West India Regiment, &c. &c. 4to. pp. 501. London, Cundle & Chapple. 1805.

8:16 (July, 1806)
Article IX. pp. 358-365. A Letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. on the Justice and Expediency of Slavery and the Slave Trade, and on the best means to improve the Manners and Conditions of the Negroes in the West Indies. By Robert Heron, Esq. London. Maxwell & Jordan. 1806.

Article XI. pp. 378-399. Voyage à la Partie Orientale de la Terre-Firme, dans l'Amerique Meridionale, fait pendant les Annéees 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804. Par F. Depons, Ex-agent du Gouvernement Français à Caracas. En 3 tomes. 8vo. à Paris. 1806.

9:17 (October, 1806)
Article XI. pp. 168-176. Travels from Beunos Ayres, by Potofi, to Lima. By Anthony Zachariah Helms. With Notes by the Translator. 12mo. pp. 287. London. Phillips. 1806.

9:18 (January, 1807)
Article III. pp. 304-319. Notes on the West Indies, written during the Expedition under the Command of the late General Sir Ralph Abercromby; including Observations on the Islands of Barbadoes, 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. By George Pinckard, M. D. of the Royal College of Physicians, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals to his Majesty's Forces, and Physician to the Bloomsbury Dispensary. 3 vol. 8vo. pp. 1440. London. Longman. 1806.

Article XII. pp. 433-458. Mercurio Peruvano de Historia, Literatura y Noticias publicas. 12 vol. Lima, 1791-1794.

Article XII. pp. 458-462. A Letter to the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, one of his Majesty's Principla Secretaries of State, on the Importance of the Colonies situated on the Coast of Guiana. By a British Merchant. pp. 19. London. Richardson. 1806.

11:21 (October, 1807)
Article IX. pp.145-167. The West India Common-place Book, compiled from Parliamentary and Official Documents; showing the Interest of Great Britain in the Sugar Colonies, &c. &c. By Sir William Young, Bart. F.R.S. M.P. 4to. pp. 280. Phillips. London. 1807; A letter to W. Manning Esq. M.P. on the Causes of the Rapid and Progressive Depreciation of West India Property. By Charles Bosanquet Esq. 8vo. pp. 54. Richardsons. London, 1807; Thoughts on the Value to Great Britain of commerce in general, and on the Value and Importance of the Colonial Trade in particular. By Charles Bosanquet Esq. 8vo. pp. 83. Richardsons. London, 1807; An Inquiry into the State of the British West Indies. By Joseph Lowe Esq. 8vo. pp. 180. Baldwin. London, 1807.

12:24 (July, 1808)
Article V. pp. 355-379. The History of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. By T. Clarkson, M.A. 2 vol. 8vo. pp. 1060. London. 1808.

Article IX. pp. 410-416. A Voyage to the Demerary; containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of those of the Essuquibo, the Berbice, and other contiguous Rivers of Guiana. By Henry Bolingbroke, Esq. Deputy Vendue Master at Surinam. Richard Phillips. London. 1808.

13:26 (January, 1809)
Article II. pp. 277-311. Lettre aux Espagnols-Americains. Par un de leurs Compatriotes. A Philadelphie. 8vo. pp. 42.

Article VII. pp. 382-413. The Radical Cause of the present Distress of the West Indian Planters pointed out, and the Inefficiency of the Measures which have been hitherto proposed for relieving them demonstrated. &c. &c. By William Spence, F.L.S. Second Edition. 8vo. pp. 105. London. Cadell & Davies. 1808; An Inquiry into the Policy and Justice of the Prohibition of the Use of Grain in the Distilleries, including Observations on the Nature and Uses of a Vent to superfluous Land-Produce, and Situation of the Colonial Interests. By Archibald Bell Esq. Advocate. 8vo. pp. 116. Edinburgh, Constable & Co. London, Murray. 1808.

13:27 (April, 1809)
Article VIII. pp. 95-106. A Permanent and Effectual Remedy suggested for the Evils under which the British West Indies now labour; in a letter from a West India Merchant to a West India Planter. London. Richardsons. 8vo. pp.48. 1809.

14:28 (July, 1809)
Article IV. pp. 333-53. The Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili, by Abbé Don J. Ignatius Molina; with Notes from the Spanish and French Versions; and an Appendix, containing copious Extracts from the Araucana of Don Alonzo de Ercilla. Translated from the Original Italian, by an American Gentleman. 2vol. 8vo. Middletown (Conn.) 1808.

16:31 (April, 1810)
Article IV. pp. 62-102. Essai politique sur le Royaume de la nouvelle Espagne. Par Alexandre de Humboldt; les trios premiers livraisons, en 4to.; avec un Atlas geographique et Physique, en fol. Paris. 1808-9.

Article X. pp. 223-253. Tableau Physique des Regions Equatoriales, &c. Par Alexandre de Humboldt. 4to. Paris, 1807.

17:34 (February, 1811)
Article VI. pp. 372-381. Present State of the Spanish Colonies, including a particular Report of Hispaniola, or the Spanish Part of St. Domingo. By William Walton junior, Secretary to the expedition which captured the City of Santo Domingo from the French, and the resident British Agent there. 2 vol. 8vo. Longman & co. London. 1810.

19:37 (November, 1811)
Article V. pp. 129-49. The West Indians defended against the Accusations of their Calumniators; or, Facts versus Prejudices. By a Gentleman. pp.40 Bath. London. Mawman. 1811; The present Ruinous Situations of the west India Islands, submitted to the People of the British Empire; with a few Brief Remarks upon the Imposition and Oppressions under which the Merchants and Planters of those Islands have long suffered. By a Native of Jamaica. 8vo. pp. 42. London. Sherwood. 1811; The Trial of Arthur Hodge esq. (late one of the Members of his Majesty's Council for the Virgin Islands) at the Island of Tortola, on the 25th April 1811, and adjourned to the 29th of the same Month, for the Murder of his Negro Man Slave, named Prosper. Stereographically taken by A. M. Belisario esq., one of the Grand jury who found the Bill of Indictment; and certified to be impartial and correct, by Richard Hetherington esq., President of the Virgin Islands, and president of the Court on the Trial. pp. 190. London. Harding. 1811.

Article VII. pp. 164-98. Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelles Espagne. Par Alexandre de Humboldt; les quatre derniers livraisons, en 4to; avec un atlas Geographique et Physique. En folio. Paris. 1809-10-11.

20:40 (November, 1812)
Article III. pp. 305-315. Travels into the Interior of Brazil. By John Mawe, Author of the Mineralogy of Derbyshire. 4to. Longman & co. London.

22:43 (October, 1813)
Article II. pp. 32-50. Poems; By Samuel Rogers: Including Fragments of a Poem called the Voyage of Columbus. London. 1812.

23:45 (April, 1814)
Article VI. pp. 131-50. The History of Toussaint L'Ouverture. A New Edition. 8vo. pp. 93. London, Butterworth. 1814.

24:47 (November, 1814)
Article VI. pp. 106-33.
1. Lettre à Son Excellence Monseignuer le Prince de Talleyrand Perigord, Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat de S. M. T. C. au Departement des Affaires Etrangeres, et son Plenipotentiare au Congrès de Vienne, au Sujet de La Traite des Negres. Par W. Wilberforce, Ecuyer, Memre du Parlement Britannique. Traduite de l'Anglais. 8vo.pp. 98. A Londres, Schulze. Paris, Le Normand. 1814.
2. The Speech of Sir Samual Romilly in the House of Commons on the Twenty-eighth June 1814, on that Article in the Treaty of Peace which relates to the Slave Trade. Cadell & Davis. London. 1814.
3. Remarks on the Ordonnance issued at Paris, 29th August 1814, for the Reestablishment of the French Slave Trade, and on the Proposition submitted to the Chamber of Deputies by Genreal Desfourneaux, on the Subject of St. Domingo; with Notices respecting the present State of that Island. Extracted from the Christian Observer for September 1814. London, Hatchard, 1814.
4. De l'Intérét de la France à l"Egard de la Traite des Negres. Par J. C. L. Simonde de Sismondi. 8vo. pp. 59 A Geneve, Paschond. Peris, Paschond. 1814.
5. Refutations d'un Ecrit, intituled, 'Resumé du Temoignage touchant 'la Traite des Negres, adressé aux differents Puissances de la 'Chretienté.' Par M. Palisot, Baron de Beauvois, Avocat à la Cour Royale de paris; Ancien Conseiller au Conseil Superieur du Cap Français, Ile St. Domingue; Membre de l'Institut de France. 8vo. pp. 56. Paris, Blanchard. 1814
6. Considerations Importants sur l'Abolition de la Traite des Negres. Adressèes aux Negotiateurs des Puissances Continentales qui devient assister au Congrès de Vienne. Par un Portugais. 8vo. pp.31 Paris, Baillent. 1814.
7. Des Colonies; et particulierement de celle de St. Domingue, Memoire Historique et Politique. Par le colonel Malenfant, Sous-Inspecteur aux Revues, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honeur. Proprietaire à St. Domingue, Ex-delegué du Gouvernement Français à Surinam. 8vo. pp. 334. A Paris, Audibert. 1814.

Article VI. pp. 133-57. Researches concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the ancient Inhabitants of America; with descriptions of the most striking Scenes in the Cordilleras. Written in French, by Alexander de Humboldt; and translated into English by Helen Maria Williams. London. 1814.

25:49 (June, 1815)
Article IV. pp. 86-111. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctal Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799 - 1804. By Alexander de Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland. Written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, and translated into English by Helen Maria Williams. London. 1814.

25:50 (October, 1815)
Article II. pp. 315-345. Reasons for Establishing a Registry of Slaves in the British Colonies: Being a Report of a Committee of the African Institution. Published by Order of that Society. 8vo. pp. 118. Hatchard. London. 1815.

27:53 (September, 1816)
Article V. pp. 99-102. Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland. Quatrième Partie Astronomie. 2 vol. 4to. Paris. 1810.

28:56 (August, 1817)
Article IV. pp. 340-71. Medical and Miscellaneous Observations relative to the West India Islands. By John Williamson, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and late of Spanish-Town, Jamaica. 2vol. 8vo. pp. 840. Edinburgh, Oliphant. 1817.


With thanks to Dr. Susan Oliver, who compiled and generously provided this bibliography.

 

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