Robert Hermann Schomburgk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5648432 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Hermann Schomburgk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert Hermann |
| FAMILY NAME | Schomburgk |
| SIGNATURE | SCHOMBURGK R H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1837 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Diário de uma expedição de Pirara ao Upper Corentyne, e dali a Demerara
Tradução de Journal of an Expedition from Pirara to the Upper Corentyne, and from thence to Demerara, de Robert H. Schomburgk
The History of Barbados
Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865) was a German-born surveyor and traveller. In 1835–1839 he explored British Guiana for the Royal Geographical Society, and in 1840 he was appointed to define its boundaries with Brazil. Knighted for his work, he then visited Barbados for the Barbados General Railway Company, publishing The History of Barbados in 1848. This substantial work contains - unsurprisingly given his background - a great deal more …
Ethnological Researches in Santo Domingo
The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island; a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural producti…
Part I. Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island: 1. Introductory remarks on the West Indian archipelago in general 2. Geographical position of the Island of Barbados 3. General outline and aspect 4. Introductory remarks on climate in general 5. Climatology and meteorological phaenomena in Barbados 6. Civil and social state of Barbados 7. Political geography 8. Local geography Part II. Narrative of Events from the Settlement of the …
On the Natives of Guiana
Twelve views in the interior of Guiana
Colony comparatively so little known in Great Britain ; and which by many is still considered as one of the islands which form the West Indian Archipelago, or at best to be merely a flat, traversed by dykes, and devoid of picturesque effects.They are little aware how Nature, with bountiful liberality, has clothed it in the richest garments of tropical vegetation, and with a mighty hand has stamped it with a portion of her sublimest features.
Diary of an Ascent of the River Berbice, in British Guayana, in 1836-7
Diary of an Ascent of the River Corentyn in British Guayana, in October, 1836
Diary of an Ascent of the River Berbice, in British Guayana, in 1836-7
Diary of an Ascent of the River Corentyn in British Guayana, in October, 1836
Twelve views in the interior of Guiana
Colony comparatively so little known in Great Britain ; and which by many is still considered as one of the islands which form the West Indian Archipelago, or at best to be merely a flat, traversed by dykes, and devoid of picturesque effects.They are little aware how Nature, with bountiful liberality, has clothed it in the richest garments of tropical vegetation, and with a mighty hand has stamped it with a portion of her sublimest features.
The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island; a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural producti…
Part I. Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island: 1. Introductory remarks on the West Indian archipelago in general 2. Geographical position of the Island of Barbados 3. General outline and aspect 4. Introductory remarks on climate in general 5. Climatology and meteorological phaenomena in Barbados 6. Civil and social state of Barbados 7. Political geography 8. Local geography Part II. Narrative of Events from the Settlement of the …
On the Natives of Guiana
Ethnological Researches in Santo Domingo
The History of Barbados
Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865) was a German-born surveyor and traveller. In 1835–1839 he explored British Guiana for the Royal Geographical Society, and in 1840 he was appointed to define its boundaries with Brazil. Knighted for his work, he then visited Barbados for the Barbados General Railway Company, publishing The History of Barbados in 1848. This substantial work contains - unsurprisingly given his background - a great deal more …
Diário de uma expedição de Pirara ao Upper Corentyne, e dali a Demerara
Tradução de Journal of an Expedition from Pirara to the Upper Corentyne, and from thence to Demerara, de Robert H. Schomburgk
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