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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... Paramaribo ▾ * In the year 1667 Captain Abraham Cruisen gave the town the name of New Mid but it was before and after called nothing but Paramaribo , which is said to be Indian name , and should signify The Spot of Flowers . This is ...
... Paramaribo ▾ * In the year 1667 Captain Abraham Cruisen gave the town the name of New Mid but it was before and after called nothing but Paramaribo , which is said to be Indian name , and should signify The Spot of Flowers . This is ...
Page 157
... Paramaribo , most houses have wells dug in the rock , which afford but a brackish kind of beverage , only used for the negroes , cattle , & c . and the Europeans have reservoirs or cisterns , in which they preserve rain - water for ...
... Paramaribo , most houses have wells dug in the rock , which afford but a brackish kind of beverage , only used for the negroes , cattle , & c . and the Europeans have reservoirs or cisterns , in which they preserve rain - water for ...
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... Paramaribo The etymology of Paramaribo is uncertain . It is , however , out of the question that the name of Parham was given to the town , since the name Paramaribo was connected with the present site of the town well before the ...
... Paramaribo The etymology of Paramaribo is uncertain . It is , however , out of the question that the name of Parham was given to the town , since the name Paramaribo was connected with the present site of the town well before the ...
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