Excerpt from The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Vol. 1 of 4 HE discovery of a new Hemisphere by christopher columbus, and the progress of the Spaniards in the conquest of it, have been deservedly the theme of a long se ries of Histories in the several languages of Europe; and the subject has been recently resumed and illustrated by a celebrated Writer among ourselves. - lt is not therefore my intention to tread again in so beaten a track, by the recital of occurrences Of which few can be ignorant, if the noblest exertions of the human mind, producing evenis the most singular and import ant in the history of the world, are circumstances deserving admiration and inquiry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.