Gallery and transcription, part 1
This section of the online exhibition allows a full view of Young’s Essay through galleries of images, shown at the bottom of each page.
A full transcription, comprising the main online exhibition, with further images of all pages and explanatory notes, follows this section. A PDF version of the transcription is also available here ›
Image collectionClick any image to see a larger version with slideshow:
In this exhibition
- Background information
- Gallery and transcription
- Gallery and transcription, part 1
- Gallery and transcription, part 2
- Introducing the Essay
- Natural resources of the island
- Tobago's relative position
- The Commercial & political importance of the island of Tobago
- The Commercial & political importance of the island, continued
- Port of enterprize and command, page 29
- Orinoco River, page 30
- Appeal to British merchants, page 31
- Historical political instability of the island, page 32
- The reach of the Orinoco River, page 33
- Potential trade agreements with Spain, page 34
- Further trade routes with South America, page 35
- Establishing the port of Courland, page 36
- Prospects of national advantage, page 37
- Conclusions
- Military significance of Man o' war Bay, page 38
- Further significances, page 39
- Military consensus, page 40
- French intentions for the island, page 41
- Suitability as a port for ships of war, page 42
- Relative safety of the island, page 43
- The necessity to prepare for conflict, page 44
- Revelations of an inside source, page 45
- Fas est, et ab hoste doceri, page 46
- Select bibliography