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Two feet of burnt earth were laid as a basis instead of four feet . The annual report of the British Guiana Government for 1954 is noticeably laconic in its information about roads , and there are no figures ...
Two feet of burnt earth were laid as a basis instead of four feet . The annual report of the British Guiana Government for 1954 is noticeably laconic in its information about roads , and there are no figures ...
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... chairs whose arms project so far that you can put your feet up on them . Now and then a sharp clap would disturb the air and a small East Indian waiter would appear to ' take an order ' . I learnt in time that the most efficient way ...
... chairs whose arms project so far that you can put your feet up on them . Now and then a sharp clap would disturb the air and a small East Indian waiter would appear to ' take an order ' . I learnt in time that the most efficient way ...
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Then , as now , the land was over four feet below sea - level at high tide , and the canals were essential for drainage and water control . Four years after the town was planned it was still no more than two rows of houses , each a mile ...
Then , as now , the land was over four feet below sea - level at high tide , and the canals were essential for drainage and water control . Four years after the town was planned it was still no more than two rows of houses , each a mile ...
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its huge leaves five or more feet in diameter like flat saucers , and its wax - like flowers , which only seem to be real when the white has become touched with pink . The finest architectural survival from Dutch times is the Stabroek ...
its huge leaves five or more feet in diameter like flat saucers , and its wax - like flowers , which only seem to be real when the white has become touched with pink . The finest architectural survival from Dutch times is the Stabroek ...
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There are also fine clusterings of bamboos , fifty feet hightrees which I had always associated with south - east Asia but which I was later to find frequently growing on the banks of the rivers in the Interior of British Guiana .
There are also fine clusterings of bamboos , fifty feet hightrees which I had always associated with south - east Asia but which I was later to find frequently growing on the banks of the rivers in the Interior of British Guiana .
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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
Bibliografski podaci
| 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 |