DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT

OF THE

ISLAND OF TRINIDAD:

MADE BY ORDER OF

SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE, K.B.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BRITISH

FORCES IN THE WEST INDIES;

BY F. MALLET, CAPT. OF THE SURVEYING ENGINEERS,

1797

INSULA DIVES OPUM.           VIRGIL

PRINTED ON FOUR SHEETS OF LARGE ATLAS PAPER

In which are delineated all the Lands granted by the
Crown of Spain since the first Establishment; likewise
All those Lands which remain to be granted, and are
Suitable for various Manufacturers and Plantation;
Distinguishing also the Mountains, Rivers, Savana and Marsh Lands;
Royal Roads, Indian Paths, Anchoring Places,
Rocks, Sand-Banks, etc. with the Soundings round the
Island in Fathoms

ACCOMPANIED WITH A GENERAL CHART OF THE GULPH OF PARIA

L  O  N  D  O  N :

PRINTED FOR

W. FADEN, GEOGRAPHER  TO THE KING, AND TO

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES,

CHARING CROSS;

Price One Pound Seven Shillings the MAP and DESCRIPTION.

Smeeton, St. Martin’s Lane

1802

 

GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE
OF THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD

MADE BY QUARTERS IN JULY, 1797

 

 
MANUFACTURERS
WHITES
COLOUR
SLAVES
INDIANS
Names of Quarters
Water
Mill
Wind
Mill
Mills
Worked
by Mules
Coffee
Mills
Cotton
Mills
Rum
Distil-
lers
Men
Women
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Boys
Girls
Total
Las Bocas
-
-
-
1
42
-
19
6
2
4
6
9
6
8
84
49
9
11
-
-
-
-
213
Le Carenage
-
-
10
5
18
5
29
11
12
12
40
54
24
13
250
219
72
66
-
-
-
-
802
Diego Martin
-
-
19
12
4
9
63
42
12
24
76
85
65
33
323
256
93
62
-
-
-
-
1143
Mucurapa
-
-
8
2
-
3
11
12
-
1
13
26
11
13
92
81
21
28
-
-
-
-
309
Tragarette
-
-
3
-
-
2
7
9
3
1
4
11
-
1
109
87
25
19
-
-
-
-
276
St. Anne
1
-
5
24
16
2
21
9
12
6
52
58
36
41
164
167
39
39
-
-
-
-
644
Maraval
1
-
2
7
1
4
21
8
5
2
36
49
31
25
200
119
59
56
-
-
-
-
611
Santa Cruz
-
-
-
5
-
-
7
5
7
11
64
58
46
43
48
39
24
22
-
-
-
-
374
La Ventille
-
-
1
16
25
-
9
7
-
1
33
52
24
25
103
93
43
29
-
-
-
-
419
Simaronero
-
1
4
5
1
3
5
1
-
-
16
14
10
11
140
69
33
24
-
-
-
-
323
Aricagua
-
-
6
7
-
2
14
13
6
12
46
44
47
27
162
123
50
45
-
-
-
-
589
St. Joseph
-
-
13
7
4
2
57
45
26
14
63
59
27
28
169
130
60
50
-
-
-
-
728
Maracal
-
-
3
4
-
1
18
14
12
2
23
18
20
13
66
31
16
15
-
-
-
-
248
Las Coiras
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
2
-
-
40
14
2
2
-
-
-
-
64
Tacarigua and Arouca
-
-
14
2
-
8
18
9
8
-
58
49
31
26
282
172
69
80
-
-
-
-
802
Arima and Guanapo
-
-
-
5
-
-
13
9
2
5
16
7
10
14
56
40
23
27
110
184
105
96
717
Toco, Salibia and Cumana
-
-
1
-
59
-
7
7
7
7
7
12
19
24
51
56
27
20
57
50
20
28
399
Mayaro
-
-
1
-
65
-
28
12
6
2
13
16
9
6
146
84
40
41
-
-
-
-
401
Guayaguayare
-
-
1
-
74
-
26
10
15
10
6
17
14
9
132
79
56
34
-
-
-
-
410
Erin
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
1
2
20
14
15
12
8
4
1
-
-
-
-
-
79
Icaque and Gallos
-
-
5
-
3
-
27
18
6
4
47
41
11
6
116
79
8
11
-
-
-
-
375
La Brea
-
-
20
3
-
6
31
16
1
10
38
40
13
11
171
137
46
41
-
-
-
-
555
Siparia
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
50
49
26
14
140
Naparima
-
-
20
25
28
8
69
32
36
28
128
74
85
59
385
293
90
100
-
-
-
-
1379
Monserrat & Savana Grande
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
88
118
39
48
293
Pointe a Pierre
-
-
6
-
3
1
12
18
9
2
24
10
6
6
73
76
26
30
-
-
-
-
292
Savanetta, Cuba & Cascajal
-
-
13
-
-
3
25
6
3
1
44
34
30
33
227
152
35
27
-
-
-
-
617
Puerto d'España
-