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account of the first discovery, and natural history of Florida.
Title
An account of the first discovery, and natural history of Florida.
Name/Creator
Roberts, William
Abstract/Description
Book detailing the geography of Florida, which had recently been ceded by Spain to Great Britain. Book also includes maps of Florida, illustrated by T. Jeffreys, and its surrounding bays and islands.
Date Issued
1763, 1763-01-01T04:56:02.000Z
Format
E-book
Calendar of Florida University
Title
Calendar of Florida University.
Name/Creator
Florida University (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Abstract/Description
Book outlining the offered classes, required textbooks, various colleges, and faculty at Florida University.
Date Issued
1884-05, 1884-05-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Camping and Cruising in Florida
Title
Camping and Cruising in Florida.
Name/Creator
Henshall, James A. (James Alexander), 1836-1925
Abstract/Description
Book written by James A. Henshall to describe the two years he spent traveling throughout Florida, including illustrations and detailed accounts of what Henshall witnessed. The book also provides an index of other publications from Robert Clarke & Co.
Date Issued
1884, 1884-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Conquest of Florida by Hernando de Soto
Title
Conquest of Florida by Hernando de Soto. vol. I.
Name/Creator
Irving, Theodore, 1809-1880.
Abstract/Description
Volume one of a book written by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and translated by Theodore Irving which explains Hernando de Soto’s adventures to the New World and his subsequent conquest of much land in Florida.
Date Issued
1835, 1835-01-01T04:56:02.000Z
Format
E-book
Cuban Tobacco in Polk County Florida, a compendium of facts for farmers who contemplate bettering their condition financially
Title
Cuban Tobacco in Polk County Florida, a compendium of facts for farmers who contemplate bettering their condition financially.
Name/Creator
Florida Board of Trade
Abstract/Description
Book compiled by experts from the Board of Trade that explains why farmers should move to Polk County, Florida based on the viable land there, which is necessary to grow tobacco and sugar cane. The book also lists common knowledge on the area and land prices.
Date Issued
1897-08, 1897-08-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Daytona Beach, Florida
Title
Daytona Beach, Florida.
Name/Creator
Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Abstract/Description
Book meant to convince the reader to visit or move to Daytona Beach, Florida through a series of photographs of the beaches, activities, buildings, people, and other scenery associated with Daytona Beach.
Format
E-book
Descriptive list of all the private land claims in East Florida
Title
Descriptive list of all the private land claims in East Florida.
Name/Creator
Florida Land Office.
Abstract/Description
Book which contains an index of the names of landowners in eastern Florida and then goes on to explain the extent of land owned by each and its geographic location.
Date Issued
1842, 1842-01-01T04:56:02.000Z
Format
E-book
Directory and guide of Florida railways for shippers
Title
Directory and guide of Florida railways for shippers.
Name/Creator
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Florida East Coast Railway, and Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Abstract/Description
Book meant to distribute information to patrons regarding the commercial, industrial and agricultural opportunities in the territory traversed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railway, Florida East Coast Railway.
Date Issued
1920?, 1920-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Facts and figures, or, the A B C of Florida trucking
Title
Facts and figures, or, the A B C of Florida trucking.
Name/Creator
Kennerly, Clarence Hickman, 1881-
Abstract/Description
Book about the details of farming in Florida, including preparation of the soil, irrigation, the growth of specific vegetables, and insecticides.
Date Issued
1911, 1911-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Features of the hill country, Florida
Title
Features of the hill country, Florida.
Name/Creator
Long, Richard C.
Abstract/Description
Book describing the early settlements within the northern areas of Florida, and specifically, the cultivation of farmland there. Includes black and white photographs of the land in Florida.
Date Issued
ca.1894, 1894-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Fifty-two years in Florida
Title
Fifty-two years in Florida.
Name/Creator
Ley, John Cole
Abstract/Description
Book describing the history of Florida, beginning with the discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon and continuing to 1895.
Date Issued
1899, 1899-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Floradelphia, Polk County, Florida
Title
Floradelphia, Polk County, Florida.
Abstract/Description
Book describing the available real estate, abundant resources, and other reasons for moving to “Floradelphia”, a town that is meant to imitate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Format
E-book
Florida and Texas.
Title
Florida and Texas.
Abstract/Description
Book written as a guide for emigrants and comparison between Florida and Texas based on climate, agriculture, and other topographical information.
Date Issued
1866, 1866-01-01T04:56:02.000Z
Format
E-book
Florida breezes
Title
Florida breezes.
Name/Creator
Long, Ellen Call, 1825-1905
Abstract/Description
Book describing Florida’s history that includes the personal accounts of the narrator, Civil War letters, and other secondary sources of historical relevance.
Date Issued
1882, 1882-01-01T04:56:02.000Z
Format
E-book
Florida days
Title
Florida days.
Name/Creator
Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell 1857-1945, Harlow, Louis K. (Louis Kinney), 1850-1913
Abstract/Description
Book describing and praising St. Augustine and the Saint Johns River in Florida and including multiple illustrations.
Date Issued
1889, 1889-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Florida fish marketing survey
Title
Florida fish marketing survey.
Name/Creator
Florida Works Progress Administration
Abstract/Description
Book describing individual species of fish, how to handle and transport fish, and tips about the consumers who buy the fish.
Date Issued
1934, 1934-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Florida in the war between the states
Title
Florida in the war between the states.
Name/Creator
Confederate Muster Rolls Survey Florida
Abstract/Description
Book that goes into detail about each Florida infantry regiment involved in the Civil War, describing how each was created and the major battles fought.
Format
E-book
General Jackson's conduct in the Seminole War, delineated in a history of that period
Title
General Jackson's conduct in the Seminole War, delineated in a history of that period.
Name/Creator
Perkins, Samuel 1767-1850
Abstract/Description
Book convincing the reader why Andrew Jackson should not have been elected as President of the United States and listing Jackson’s negligence and abuse of power as a general during the Seminole war.
Date Issued
1828, 1828-01-01T04:56:02.000Z
Format
E-book
Hotel Ponce de Leon and Alcazar
Title
Hotel Ponce de Leon and Alcazar.
Abstract/Description
Book describing the exquisite qualities of the Ponce de Leon and Alcazar Hotels and including sketched illustrations of these hotels and their surrounding areas.
Date Issued
1887, 1887-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book
Hurricane Andrew in Florida
Title
Hurricane Andrew in Florida.
Name/Creator
Florida Office of the Governor.
Abstract/Description
Booklet that includes agricultural and urban satellite photographs showing the destruction caused by Hurricane Andrew in Florida.
Date Issued
1993?, 1993-01-01T05:00:00.000Z
Format
E-book

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