British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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... tion , and the patent exaggerations of his Discoverie suggest that it was in many ways the first of those glowing prospectuses in- tended to encourage speculative investment in Guiana . At one point he puts forward the arguable thesis ...
... tion , and the patent exaggerations of his Discoverie suggest that it was in many ways the first of those glowing prospectuses in- tended to encourage speculative investment in Guiana . At one point he puts forward the arguable thesis ...
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... tion . Soon we had entered the suburbs of Georgetown , where the streets were crowded with people buying vegetables and fruit from the street market , or standing , laughing and talking in the dim light as they ate slices of plantain ...
... tion . Soon we had entered the suburbs of Georgetown , where the streets were crowded with people buying vegetables and fruit from the street market , or standing , laughing and talking in the dim light as they ate slices of plantain ...
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... tion , has met with much quiet local opposition . Most of the district is owned by East Indian landlords who , having no wish to lose their properties and their rents , thwart the attempts to clear the slums . Some of the people of ...
... tion , has met with much quiet local opposition . Most of the district is owned by East Indian landlords who , having no wish to lose their properties and their rents , thwart the attempts to clear the slums . Some of the people of ...
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... tion the Guianese , particularly the Africans , give a strong 1 Comparative figures will clarify this point . The last census ( 1946 ) showed Barbados to have an illiteracy rate of 7.29 per cent against British Guiana's 21.36 per cent ...
... tion the Guianese , particularly the Africans , give a strong 1 Comparative figures will clarify this point . The last census ( 1946 ) showed Barbados to have an illiteracy rate of 7.29 per cent against British Guiana's 21.36 per cent ...
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... tion under the command of Lawrence Keymis . The expedition sailed along the Guiana coast from the Amazon to the Orinoco , where Keymis collected more material for the mythology of El Dorado , and returned to England . Within a few weeks ...
... tion under the command of Lawrence Keymis . The expedition sailed along the Guiana coast from the Amazon to the Orinoco , where Keymis collected more material for the mythology of El Dorado , and returned to England . Within a few weeks ...
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