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      Storm van ‘s Gravesande, The Rise of British Guiana, Compiled from His Despatches
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      Storm van ‘s Gravesande, The Rise of British Guiana, Compiled from His Despatches

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      Storm van ‘s Gravesande, The Rise of British Guiana, Compiled from His Despatches book

      Volume I
      Edited ByC.A. Harris, J.A.J. De Villiers
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2017
      eBook Published 18 April 2017
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Hakluyt Society
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315610863
      Pages 424
      eBook ISBN 9781315610863
      Subjects Humanities, Language & Literature
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      Harris, C.A., & De Villiers, J.A.J. (Eds.). (2017). Storm van ‘s Gravesande, The Rise of British Guiana, Compiled from His Despatches: Volume I (1st ed.). Hakluyt Society. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315610863

      ABSTRACT

      Extracts from despatches by Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande to the directors of the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch West India Company, 1738-72, selected to illustrate the rise and expansion of the colony, with a detailed introduction. This volume ends with the despatch dated 15 March 1760. For May 1760 to September 1772, see the following volume (Second Series 27), with which the pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1911.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part |141 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|6 pages

      Preliminary Remarks.

      chapter 2|19 pages

      The Settlement of Essequibo. 1600–1738.

      chapter 3|33 pages

      Storm Van ’s Gravesande—The Man.

      chapter 4|42 pages

      Storm Van ’s Gravesande—The Governor.

      chapter 5|5 pages

      Closing Years of Dutch Occupation. 1772–1814.

      chapter 6|34 pages

      Settlement of Boundaries Under the Britisi

      part |48 pages

      Additional Notes to Introduction

      chapter 1|4 pages

      The West India Company

      chapter 8|8 pages

      The Foundation of Essequibo

      chapter 9|6 pages

      The Three Towns 1

      chapter 10|7 pages

      Storm’s Difficulties 1

      chapter 11|8 pages

      The Expedition Undertaken By Nicolas Horstman at the Instance of Laurens Storm Van’s Gravesande in 1739.

      chapter 12|15 pages

      Indian Tribes

      part |196 pages

      Extracts from the Despatches Written by Laurens Storm. Van’s Gravesande to the Directors of the Zeeland Chamber of the West India Company 1738–1772

      chapter |194 pages

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