Florida for tourists, invalids, and settlers: containing practical information regarding climate, soil, and productions; cities, towns, and people; the culture of the orange and other tropical fruits; farming and gardening; scenery and resorts; sport; routes of travel, etc., etc.

Author

Barbour, George M.

Files

Description

Based on the writer's personal observations, describes and comments upon the various regions of Florida, the climate, people, agricultural products and resources.

Table of Contents

Ch. I. Questions and answers -- Ch. II. Natural divisions of Florida -- Ch. III. A trip through the state with Commissioner French -- Ch. IV. A trip through north Florida with Captain Fairbanks -- Ch. V. Jacksonville, Fernandina, and St. Augustine -- Ch. VI. The St. John's River -- Ch. VII. The Ocklawaha River, Silver Springs, and Ocala -- Ch. VIII. The Indian River region and the inland lakes -- Ch. IX. The gulf coast and Key West -- Ch. X. The Sanford grant and Orange County -- Ch. XI. Random sketches. An ocean voyage in winter; the Atlantic coast of Florida; the southwest coast --

Notes

"In this edition of this work the chapter on Routes (Chapter XXIII) has been entirely rewritten ; and an Appendix has been added containing much important information brought down to the present date. October, 1884."--P. [6]. Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2002. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically digitized by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.

Subject

Florida; Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913 -- Business, Agriculture, and Tourism, 1878-1897; Description and travel; Agriculture; Natural history

City

New York, N.Y.

Publisher

D. Appleton and Company

Extent

325 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, 1 fold. map ; 20 cm.

Format

application/pdf

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from no less than 400 dpi tiff images

Identifier

50187276 (oclc), CF00001577 (IID), ucf:9439 (fedora)

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Collection

UCF Florida Heritage Collection

Recommended Citation

Barbour, George M., "Florida for tourists, invalids, and settlers: containing practical information regarding climate, soil, and productions; cities, towns, and people; the culture of the orange and other tropical fruits; farming and gardening; scenery and resorts; sport; routes of travel, etc., etc." (1884). Florida Heritage. 35.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/floridaheritage/35