British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 3
... Caribbean lay clear and vividly blue ; a schooner , pink sails full in the breeze , rested on the water like a giant piece of coral which had come to the surface . Then , some miles to the south of the island , we were flying above ...
... Caribbean lay clear and vividly blue ; a schooner , pink sails full in the breeze , rested on the water like a giant piece of coral which had come to the surface . Then , some miles to the south of the island , we were flying above ...
Stranica 16
... famous throughout Europe . Spanish conquistadors were reminded of it when they smelt a white and red plant in the Caribbean , and named it after the scent . of British Guiana can the sense of tropical luxuriance be 16 BRITISH GUIANA.
... famous throughout Europe . Spanish conquistadors were reminded of it when they smelt a white and red plant in the Caribbean , and named it after the scent . of British Guiana can the sense of tropical luxuriance be 16 BRITISH GUIANA.
Stranica 53
... Caribbean island is noticeably French and in the Spanish islands the adopted culture takes a Spanish complexion . In British Guiana the British have provided the pattern , and this has helped to ma make the link between the English and ...
... Caribbean island is noticeably French and in the Spanish islands the adopted culture takes a Spanish complexion . In British Guiana the British have provided the pattern , and this has helped to ma make the link between the English and ...
Stranica 60
... Caribbean , and that their coast - lands are not unbeautiful . Near Georgetown ancient trees give form and variety to the flatness of the land , and when one is beyond the suburbs of the town the scene is constantly changing , and above ...
... Caribbean , and that their coast - lands are not unbeautiful . Near Georgetown ancient trees give form and variety to the flatness of the land , and when one is beyond the suburbs of the town the scene is constantly changing , and above ...
Stranica 103
... Caribbean , Myal priests and Obeah - men went with them , but — perhaps because evil and misery now seemed to out - balance goodness and happiness in the slaves ' lives - Obeah began to triumph over Myalism . Myalism gradually died out ...
... Caribbean , Myal priests and Obeah - men went with them , but — perhaps because evil and misery now seemed to out - balance goodness and happiness in the slaves ' lives - Obeah began to triumph over Myalism . Myalism gradually died out ...
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