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

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

C. a. Harris, J. A. J. de Villiers

Paperback

ExplorationGeneral World HistorySouth American History

ISBN10: 9353606020
ISBN13: 9789353606022
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
From the despatches of Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande emerges the daily life, ambitions and anxieties of an evolving colony on the Guiana coast. The old archives speak again. Volume II of Storm van 's Gravesande: The Rise of British Guiana gathers further official correspondence between the Dutch governor and his superiors, offering an intimate view of decision-making, frontier encounters and shifting imperial rivalries. Presented as a historical despatches collection, it reveals the textures of eighteenth century Guiana with the immediacy of primary source documents: trade, land, labour, faith and survival recorded at the moment they were contested. As a colonial history book centred on the Essequibo and Demerara colony under dutch colonial administration, this volume illuminates early British Guiana history before the region passed definitively into British hands. It traces european expansion in Guiana through negotiations with Indigenous communities, rival European powers and the dutch west india company, making it an indispensable reference for historians and an engaging entry point for readers drawn to guiana colonial studies. Scholars will value it as an academic research resource, while general enthusiasts of Atlantic and Caribbean history will appreciate its vivid window onto a formative, contested world. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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