British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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... planting could begin . Today it is difficult to imagine that all has been achieved in a mere seventy - five years , when the trees of English landscaped gardens take two centuries to take the shape imagined for them by those who planted ...
... planting could begin . Today it is difficult to imagine that all has been achieved in a mere seventy - five years , when the trees of English landscaped gardens take two centuries to take the shape imagined for them by those who planted ...
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... planters who died in their prime— the death - rate among the English in the old days was high- stand beside those of humble soldiers , but always some distance from the simple crosses or the unmarked graves of the Negroes . For some ...
... planters who died in their prime— the death - rate among the English in the old days was high- stand beside those of humble soldiers , but always some distance from the simple crosses or the unmarked graves of the Negroes . For some ...
Stranica 33
... planters moving east to the new colony of Surinam which has now reverted to its original name after many years as ' Dutch Guiana ' . Although 1 Some authorities say the river is named after Juan d'Ezquibel , who sailed with Columbus ...
... planters moving east to the new colony of Surinam which has now reverted to its original name after many years as ' Dutch Guiana ' . Although 1 Some authorities say the river is named after Juan d'Ezquibel , who sailed with Columbus ...
Stranica 34
... planters set to work once more and by the time of the Peace of Utrecht , in 1713 , they had almost recovered their prosperity . They now built a fort at the mouth of the river and a Colony House , called Huis Nabij or ' house nearby ...
... planters set to work once more and by the time of the Peace of Utrecht , in 1713 , they had almost recovered their prosperity . They now built a fort at the mouth of the river and a Colony House , called Huis Nabij or ' house nearby ...
Stranica 36
... planters are already beginning to follow their example . ' He formed a friendship and admiration for a rich English planter on the Demerara named Gedney Clarke , whose aid he received when it seemed likely that a slave insurrection ...
... planters are already beginning to follow their example . ' He formed a friendship and admiration for a rich English planter on the Demerara named Gedney Clarke , whose aid he received when it seemed likely that a slave insurrection ...
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