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  • - Exhibiting Its Resources and Capabilities, Etc.
    by Robert Hermann Schomburgk
    £16.99

  • - Exhibiting its Resources and Capabilities, Together with the Present and Future Condition and Prospects of the Colony
    by Robert Hermann Schomburgk
    £24.49

    This 1840 work was the first detailed account of the colony of British Guiana. Schomburgk surveyed and helped determine its boundaries with Brazil and Venezuela, and explored the interior, discovering many new plant species. He also studied the native tribes, who were suffering from attacks by the Brazilians.

  • - Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events since the Settlement; and an Account of its Geology and Natural Productions
    by Robert Hermann Schomburgk
    £55.99

    This 1848 volume gives a comprehensive picture of the history, geography and political economy of the British colony of Barbados. Schomburgk had been knighted in 1844 for his survey work in British Guiana, and was conscious of the importance of Barbados to Britain's trading interests in the West Indies.

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