Item #59523 A Description of British Guiana, Geographical and Statistical; exhibiting Its Resources and Capabilities, together with the Present and Future Condition and Prospects of the colony. Robert H. SCHOMBURGK.

A Description of British Guiana, Geographical and Statistical; exhibiting Its Resources and Capabilities, together with the Present and Future Condition and Prospects of the colony.

Hand-colored folding map. 155pp. 8vo, 1/4 brown morocco, orig. wrs. bound in. London, 1840. First edition. 2 tears in folds of map, otherwise a near fine copy.

"During 1831-5...he (Schomburgk) explored the rivers Essequibo (the sources of which he was the first to reach), Corentya and Berbice, and investigated in detail the capabilities of the colony of British Guiana...(in) 1840 he was appointed commissioner for surveying and marking out the boundaries of the colony." DNB XVII, p. 926.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: First Edition
Language: English

Price: $1,500.00

Item #59523

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