Author: STORM VAN 'S GRAVESANDE, LAURENS. Villiers, J.A.J.de.
Title: Storm van 's Gravesande. Zijn werk en zijn leven uit zijne brieven opgebouwd.
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhof, 1920. VIII,416 pp. B./w. plts (facsimiles) & 1 large fold. col. lithogr. map. Orig. blind stamped blue cloth, lettered gilt to spine, gilt vignette to upper board. 8vo. Monograph on Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande (Den Bosch, October 12, 1704 - Plantage Soestdijk Demerary, August 14, 1775). He was a Dutch governor of the colonies of Essequibo and Demerara from 1743 to 1772. He turned Demerara in a successful plantation colony, and the borders of Guyana are mainly based on his expeditions into the interior. He is also noted for his treatment of the Amerindians. - Text in Dutch.

Keywords: Ethnography Latin America British-Guyana Guyana W.I.C. Dutch West India Company Etnografie Latijns-Amerika Brits-Guyana West-Indische Compagnie