Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.
Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.
The oe ligature has been expanded to 'oe'.
Superscripts in the text are indicated by ^. For example
y^e, 10^{th}.
Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected
after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text
and consultation of external sources.
Inconsistent or archaic spelling of a word or word-pair within the
text has been retained. For example: aswell as well; Green-land
Greenland; shal be shall be shalbe.
All spelling has been left as found in the text, except for those
changes noted below.
Pg viii 'Historial' changed to 'Historical'.
Pg 7 Line of asterisks retained.
Pg 9 'inhaitants' changed to 'inhabitants'.
Pg 57 'Eng ish' changed to 'English'.
Pg 59 'o the' changed to 'of the'.
Pg 64 'a by' changed to 'as by'.
Pg 86 'apppointed' changed to 'appointed'.
Pg 113 'de- lare' changed to 'declare'.
Pg 116 'Charls' changed to 'Charles'.
Pg 124 (Footnote 1) 'Fitzgerald's' changed to 'Fitz-gerald's'.
Pg 125 'Helen' changed to 'Hellen'.
Pg 142 Dates modified to '1687/8'; '7/8' was a single character
in the original text.
Pg 153 Date modified to '1690/1'; '0/1' was a single character
in the original text.
Pg 158 Dates modified to '1700/1'; '0/1' was a single character
in the original text.
Pg 172, 173 'Argier' changed to 'Algier'.
Pg 213 'Attamaha' changed to 'Altamaha'.
Index entries:
Pg 265 'Caribbee' changed to 'Caribee'.
Pg 266 entry for 'Hellen'; 'Fitzgerald' changed to 'Fitz-gerald'.
Pg 266 'Maurepas' changed to 'Mauripas'.
Pg 267 'Nipissing' changed to 'Nipissim'.
Pg 267 'Sackville' changed to 'Sackvile'.
Pg 267 entry for 'Virginia'; '56, 56,' changed to '56, 58,'.