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Storm van's Gravesande, the rise of British Guiana, compiled from his despatches. Volume 1 / edited by C.A. Harris and J.A.J de Villiers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Storm van's Gravesande, Laurens.
- Series:
- Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 26.
- Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 26
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guyana--History.
- Guyana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (406 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010, 1911.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Extracts from despatches by Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande to the directors of the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch West India Company, 1738-72, selected to illustrate the rise and expansion of the colony, with a detailed introduction. This volume ends with the despatch dated 15 March 1760. For May 1760 to September 1772, see the following volume (Second Series 27), with which the pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1911.
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAP. I PRELIMINARY REMARKS""; ""CHAP. II THE SETTLEMENT OF ESSEQUIBO""; ""CHAP. III STORM VAN JS GRAVESANDE�THE MAN""; ""CHAP. IV STORM VAN 'S GRAVESANDE�THE GOVERNOR""; ""CHAP. V CLOSING YEARS OF DUTCH OCCUPATION""; ""CHAP. VI SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES UNDER THE BRITISH""; ""ADDITIONAL NOTES TO INTRODUCTION""; ""I. THE WEST INDIA COMPANY""; ""II. THE FOUNDATION OF ESSEQUIBO""; ""III. THE THREE TOWNS""; ""IV. STORM'S DIFFICULTIES""; ""V. HORSTMAN'S EXPEDITION""; ""VI. INDIAN TRIBES""; ""EXTRACTS FROM THE DESPATCHES""; ""LIST OF PLATES""
- ""MAP OF BRITISH GUIAHA""""HORSTMAN'S MAP (1740)""; ""PLAN OF MIDDELBURG""; ""TOWN HALL, MIDDELBURG""; ""TOWN HALL, FLUSHING""; ""TOWN HALL, VEERE""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-61086-8
- 1-283-12709-1
- 9786613127099
- 1-4094-1632-1
- 9781315610863
- OCLC:
- 908099297
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