Florida Books & Documents

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Florida Books & Documents

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This collection contains books, government documents, and other textual resources related to the history and development of Florida.

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Petals plucked from sunny climes by Silvia Sunshine [pseud.]
Introductory Note: This book contains a brief account of the early settlement of Florida, and some of its Indian conflicts together with many amusing incidents connected with its present history…

495 p. front., illus., plates, 3 maps and plan on…

In lower Florida wilds; a naturalist's observations on the life, physical geography, and geology of the more tropical part of the state
xv, 404 p. col. front., illus., plates, fold. maps. 21 cm

Contents:
The Building of the Land 1
The Florida Keys 32
The Ten Thousand Islands 59
Cape Sable 75
The South Shore of the Mainland 96
The Everglades 118
The Planting of Our Flora…

Florida fruits and how to raise them
347 p. ; 20 cm.

Horticultural handbook geared to the novice, for growing citrus as well as other types of fruits in Florida.

Glimpses of Florida, ancient, colonial and modern
3 p. l., 98 p.

Includes descriptions of Florida history including natural formation, discovery of America, colonization, and travel and development.

Certain river mounds of Duval County, Florida. Two sand mounds on Murphy Island, Florida. Certain sand mounds of the Ocklawaha River, Florida
106, [2] p. incl. illus., maps. front., pl. 36 x 28 cm.

From advance sheets of the Journal of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia, vol. X. 1895

[From introduction] Such mounds of Duval County as are considered in this paper, border…

An interesting history of Florida and the famous Tarpon Springs, the new health resort of Florida
33 p. illus. 20 cm.

Travel manual focusing on agriculture and recreational opportunities in Tarpon Springs Florida.

Sun hunting : adventures and observations among the native and migratory tribes of Florida, including the stoical time-killers of Palm Beach, the gentle and gregarious tin-canners of the remote interior, and the vivacious and semi-violent peoples of Miami and its pulieus
198 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.

Contents:
Chapter Page 3
Of the peculiar differences between two sides 13
Of the telegram expecters of the date guessers 22
Of the fascinations of the beach of the sand 30
Of the Three Day Suckers of…

West Florida and its relation to the historical cartography of the United States
59 p. front. (map) 25 cm.

Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science ... ser. XVi, no. 5

Jacksonville and Florida facts, prepared for the Jacksonville Board of trade
95 p. incl. front., illus. 26 cm.

Fact book about the city of Jacksonville, Florida published by the Jacksonville Board of Trade.

The Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States: Florida 1562-1574
59 p.

History of Spanish colonization of Florida from 1562-1574.
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