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The aim of these books is to present a contemporary portrait , at once reliable and attractive , of each territory . I warmly commend the series to the attention of the public at home and abroad , for if these publications do even a ...
The aim of these books is to present a contemporary portrait , at once reliable and attractive , of each territory . I warmly commend the series to the attention of the public at home and abroad , for if these publications do even a ...
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It is a desolate coast , yet once it had filled many minds with thoughts of golden cities and earthly richness . Now we were above the great delta where ' Orinoco , in his pride , rolls to the main a rival sea of roaring war ' .
It is a desolate coast , yet once it had filled many minds with thoughts of golden cities and earthly richness . Now we were above the great delta where ' Orinoco , in his pride , rolls to the main a rival sea of roaring war ' .
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... travelling across the swamp - land as we moved until it vanished , once more , into the forest . Next came the Demerara , less majestic than the Essequibo , but sinuous and graceful as we circled above it before landing at Atkinson ...
... travelling across the swamp - land as we moved until it vanished , once more , into the forest . Next came the Demerara , less majestic than the Essequibo , but sinuous and graceful as we circled above it before landing at Atkinson ...
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Once , for three delirious days , I found myself among the roses . The night air of Georgetown is cool and moves with the unceasing north - east trade winds which temper the humidity and keep the coastlands at a mean temperature of 82 ...
Once , for three delirious days , I found myself among the roses . The night air of Georgetown is cool and moves with the unceasing north - east trade winds which temper the humidity and keep the coastlands at a mean temperature of 82 ...
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I was once stopped in the street in Georgetown by a fine old Negro , who held his head far back and said to me , ' Tell me sa ' , has yo ' d'acquaintance o ' d ' lord Savage ? ' . I told him I had met the Governor once , and he went on ...
I was once stopped in the street in Georgetown by a fine old Negro , who held his head far back and said to me , ' Tell me sa ' , has yo ' d'acquaintance o ' d ' lord Savage ? ' . I told him I had met the Governor once , and he went on ...
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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 |