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I went to the Colony at the invitation of the Colonial Office , who wished a book to be written about it by an impartial observer . All expressions of opinion are my own and are not necessarily shared by the Colonial Office or the ...
I went to the Colony at the invitation of the Colonial Office , who wished a book to be written about it by an impartial observer . All expressions of opinion are my own and are not necessarily shared by the Colonial Office or the ...
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Yes , it is , ' said my companion , and I sat back to cogitate on this first anomaly of the Colony . It can truthfully be said of British Guiana that if God made the country the Devil made the roads . Although in the Colony there is ...
Yes , it is , ' said my companion , and I sat back to cogitate on this first anomaly of the Colony . It can truthfully be said of British Guiana that if God made the country the Devil made the roads . Although in the Colony there is ...
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Breakfast , or ' tea ' as it is called , is normally taken between six - thirty and seven o'clock with a leisurely reading of the three lively newspapers of the Colony , the Argosy , the Chronicle and the tabloid Graphic .
Breakfast , or ' tea ' as it is called , is normally taken between six - thirty and seven o'clock with a leisurely reading of the three lively newspapers of the Colony , the Argosy , the Chronicle and the tabloid Graphic .
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It was given its name by early French settlers in the Colony , who called it the ' qu'est - ce que dit ' . I have heard its cry even in the deepest Interior - but here it was long - drawn and dove - like , more haunting than the saucy ...
It was given its name by early French settlers in the Colony , who called it the ' qu'est - ce que dit ' . I have heard its cry even in the deepest Interior - but here it was long - drawn and dove - like , more haunting than the saucy ...
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The first building was designed by an officer of the Royal Engineers who was stationed in the Colony . Sir Arthur Blomfield adapted Gothic forms for use with wood and the possibly unique result is a building of great charm .
The first building was designed by an officer of the Royal Engineers who was stationed in the Colony . Sir Arthur Blomfield adapted Gothic forms for use with wood and the possibly unique result is a building of great charm .
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African agricultural allowed Amerindians appear become believe Berbice British Guiana brought building built called canals cause cent coast Colony coloured Commission Company Constitution Demerara difficult District drainage Dutch East Indian economic elected English Essequibo estates fact factory fall Federation fields forest Georgetown give given Government Governor ground Guianese hand important increase Indian industry interests Interior labour land leaves less live look Mackenzie manager matter means ment miles move Negro never officer once Party plantations political population possible prepared problems produced Report result rice river road Rupununi schemes schools seems slaves Street sugar survey taken tion told town trees turned various village West workers
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| Naslov | British Guiana: The Land of Six Peoples Opseg 4 iz Corona library |
| Autor | Michael Swan |
| Izdanje | 2, ilustrirano |
| Izdavač | H.M. Stationery Office, 1957 |
| Izvornik iz | Kalifornijsko sveučilište |
| Digitalizirano | 10 pro 2019 |
| Duljina | Broj stranica: 235 |
| Izvezi navode | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |