Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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... Dutch fleet from Zealand , one of the federated provinces of the Dutch Republic , and under the Peace Treaty of Breda it passed into Dutch ownership , being interchanged with New Am- sterdam ( New York ) as a result of the peace terms ...
... Dutch fleet from Zealand , one of the federated provinces of the Dutch Republic , and under the Peace Treaty of Breda it passed into Dutch ownership , being interchanged with New Am- sterdam ( New York ) as a result of the peace terms ...
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... Dutch , killing on this occasion above fifty of their men , and destroying nine pieces of cannon in Fort Zelandia . The new inhabitants were now in their turn laid under contribution , and the Dutch garrison were transported as ...
... Dutch , killing on this occasion above fifty of their men , and destroying nine pieces of cannon in Fort Zelandia . The new inhabitants were now in their turn laid under contribution , and the Dutch garrison were transported as ...
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... Dutch government given in the form of a subsidy to cover the deficit on the govern- ment budget . After the war efforts were made with Dutch financial support to develop the country on a basis of systematic planning . Although the ...
... Dutch government given in the form of a subsidy to cover the deficit on the govern- ment budget . After the war efforts were made with Dutch financial support to develop the country on a basis of systematic planning . Although the ...
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amongst animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp canoe Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colour command Cormoetibo Creek Devil's Harwar Dutch enemy Europeans expence extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hands head Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Lolkens Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched morning mouth mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night o'clock occasion officers orange colour ordered Oronoque Ouca Patamaca perfectly Pirica plantains plantation planters poor pounds sterling pounds weight present Quaco rangers rebel negroes received river Cottica river Surinam round rowed Savannah sent Seramica settlement ships shot sick situation slaves Society troops soldiers Somelsdyk species spot sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree vessels Wana Creek whole woods wound Zelandia