Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 ... Volume 1 (of 2)

Name: Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 ... Volume 1 (of 2)
Author: John Gabriel Stedman

John Gabriel Stedman · 1797

elucidating the History of that Country, and the description of its productions, viz. Quadrupedes, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, & Roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. “O Quantum terræ quantum Cognoscere Cœli, Permissum est, pelagus quantos apperimus in usus! Nunc forsan grave, reris opis; Sed læta recurret Cum ratis et Caram Cum mihi reddet solenne! Quis pudor heu nostros tibi tunc audire labores; Quam referam visas tua per Suspiria gentis!”…

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