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Series of guidebooks to traveling in Florida, produced yearly from 1784-1881.

4 volumes in this collection

1 p. l., [v]-xv, [17]-246, [2] p. illus. 19 cm.

Gardening in Florida, a treatise on the vegetables and tropical products of Florida outlines agricultural practice in Florida.

3 p. l., 98 p.

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

col. map 42 x 66 cm.

Bird's-eye view of Pensacola, Florida.

139 p. illus. 21 cm.

Details gardening and farming in Florida, including drainage, irrigation, and soil selection in the Everglades area.

View of a man with a rifle in a large alligator’s mouth.

[Text on back]
Alligator Joe’s Battle With a Wounded Gator, Palm Beach, Florida: Here is one of the terrors of out southern rivers. Alligators are as much dreaded by bathers in the rivers…

Slightly bird’s eye view of several rows of an orange grove. A man attired in a suit and hat stands between the first two rows.

View of a man riding on a mule-drawn cart while a boy holds the reigns. The Putnam House in Palatka, Florida is visible in the background.

Side view of hotel with groups of people gathered on the upper balcony and lower porch. A man and woman seated in a horse-drawn carriage are visible behind the fence.

View down a street lined with houses on both sides. Several large palm trees are visible behind a fence on the right-hand side. A horse drawn carriage is visible in the street near mid frame.