A voyage to the Demerary
Containing a statistical account of the settlements there, and of those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and other contiguous rivers of Guyana /
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23535952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry Bolingbroke, Henry St John Bolingbroke, Samuel John Neele |
| Year | 1807 |
| Publication date | 1807-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Publisher | Printed for Richard Phillips ..., Stevenson and Matchett, printers, Norwich (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5962/bhl.title.87039 |
| OpenAlex | W2493316261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
ORIGIN of this work, page 1-Emigration meritorious, 2-Sea-sickness, how moderated, 3-Cork adapted to be the store-house of West-Indian produce for Europe, 5-Madeira grape cultivable in the British West-Indies, 6-Coast of Guyana descried, 8-Mouth of the Courantine, 9-Mouth of the Berbice, 11-Mouth of the Demerary, 12-Precautions requisite for a passenger to the West-Indies, 14-Ruinous effect of the climate on British-built shipping, 16-Navigation act criticised, 17.CHAPTER II.Landing at Stabroek, 24-First impression of the town, 25-Of the houses hold manners, 27-Water-carriage, 28-River Demerary, 29-Allotments on its banks, 30-=Police of the bridges, canals, and punts, 31-Flatness of the land, 32-Diamond-point, 32-Reynestein, 33-Hospitality and hammocksleeping, 34-Fort-island, 35-Sand-hills and springs, 36-Dutch planters, 37 -Treatment of negroes, 38-Rapids of the Demerary, 39.CHAPTER III, Description of Stabroek, its wharfs, or stellings, 40-Want of inns, 41-State of the drama, 42-General use of concubines, 43-Superior beauty of the mestees, 44-Apartments scrubbed with lemons, 46-General habit of smoaking segars, 47-Pepper-pot and other soups used at breakfast, 48-Humility of b SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
Archaeology · Cartography · Geography · Human settlement · Colonialism, slavery, and trade
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2018 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |