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The map is one of the less inaccurate maps of the region in the seventeenth century . The huge Lake Parima , which dominates the Interior of the country , was the legendary lake on which El Dorado was supposed to be situated .
The map is one of the less inaccurate maps of the region in the seventeenth century . The huge Lake Parima , which dominates the Interior of the country , was the legendary lake on which El Dorado was supposed to be situated .
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... veined by rivers and more or less uninhabited , though once Warrau Indians had lived along this ' Wild Coast ' in huts on stilts that had made Amerigo Vespucci name the territory Venezuela , or ' little Venice ' .
... veined by rivers and more or less uninhabited , though once Warrau Indians had lived along this ' Wild Coast ' in huts on stilts that had made Amerigo Vespucci name the territory Venezuela , or ' little Venice ' .
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... and with less excuse than Columbus , who never saw the mainland , suggests that the country is comparable to Paradise . The passage has great beauty and it is interesting to see that Raleigh describes the land in terms more suitable ...
... and with less excuse than Columbus , who never saw the mainland , suggests that the country is comparable to Paradise . The passage has great beauty and it is interesting to see that Raleigh describes the land in terms more suitable ...
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Next came the Demerara , less majestic than the Essequibo , but sinuous and graceful as we circled above it before landing at Atkinson Field . Atkinson Field , twenty miles from Georgetown , was built by the Americans during the last ...
Next came the Demerara , less majestic than the Essequibo , but sinuous and graceful as we circled above it before landing at Atkinson Field . Atkinson Field , twenty miles from Georgetown , was built by the Americans during the last ...
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Less obtrusive is the little housewren or ' God - bird ' as the local people call it , which hops onto window - sills , trilling cheerfully and without fear . Sometimes the owner of a jacket which has been hanging unused for some weeks ...
Less obtrusive is the little housewren or ' God - bird ' as the local people call it , which hops onto window - sills , trilling cheerfully and without fear . Sometimes the owner of a jacket which has been hanging unused for some weeks ...
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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 |