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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... rivers that belong to this settlement are the river Surinam , from which the colony takes its name , the Corantine , the Copename , the Seramica , and the Marawina . Of those rivers the first only is navigable , the rest , not excepting ...
... rivers that belong to this settlement are the river Surinam , from which the colony takes its name , the Corantine , the Copename , the Seramica , and the Marawina . Of those rivers the first only is navigable , the rest , not excepting ...
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... rivers for watering the ships . The water of the river Surinam is accounted the most excellent , and is brought by the sailors from as far as the Jew Savannah , which is above forty miles from the town of Paramaribo . The circumstance ...
... rivers for watering the ships . The water of the river Surinam is accounted the most excellent , and is brought by the sailors from as far as the Jew Savannah , which is above forty miles from the town of Paramaribo . The circumstance ...
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... river Surinam , where a fire- beacon or lighthouse is erected on the coast , to warn the ships bound for the river that they are past the mouth of the dangerous Marawina . This guard also fires a few guns , to apprize the colony when ...
... river Surinam , where a fire- beacon or lighthouse is erected on the coast , to warn the ships bound for the river that they are past the mouth of the dangerous Marawina . This guard also fires a few guns , to apprize the colony when ...
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amongst Amsterdam animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colony of Surinam colour Comewina command corps Cottica river Devil's Harwar Dutch encamped enemy Europeans extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hand head Holland Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched mentioned morning mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night officers ordered Ouca Paramaribo Patamaca perfectly 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 sick skin slaves soldiers species spot Stedman sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree Vasco Nunes vessels Wana Creek whole woods Zelandia