1st Edition

Storm van 's Gravesande, The Rise of British Guiana, Compiled from His Despatches Volume II

By J.A.J. de Villiers, C.A. Harris Copyright 2010
    384 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    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 covers the period May 1760 to September 1772; for the period up to 15 March 1760, see the preceding volume (Second Series 26), with which the pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1911.

    Contents: Extracts from the Despatches [continued]; Index.

    Biography

    C.A. Harris, J.A.J. deVilliers