Details

Subject(s)

• Guyana—Discovery and exploration [Browse]
• Rivers—Guyana—Maps [Browse]
• Inland navigation—Guyana—Maps [Browse]
• Guyana—Description and travel—Maps [Browse]
• Guyana—Maps [Browse]
• Essequibo River (Guyana)—Maps [Browse]
• Courantyne River (Guyana and Surinam)—Maps [Browse]
• Berbice River (Guyana)—Maps [Browse]

Engraver

• Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873 [Browse]

Related name

• Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) [Browse]

Publisher

• John Murray (Firm) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Physical maps [Browse]
• Maps [Browse]

Notes

• Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
• Mountains, rivers, settlements, and indigenous territories are shown.
• Rocks, rapids, and cataracts in Essequibo, Corentyne, and Berbice Rivers are shown.
• From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 7 (1837), pp. 285-350; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 7 1837

With

Issued to accompany articles: I. Diary of an ascent of the River Corentyn in British Guayana, in October, 1836 / by Robert H. Schomburgk, Esq., Corr. Mem. R.G.S. Read before the Royal Geographical Society, February 13, 1837.--II. Diary of an ascent of the River Berbice, in British Guyana, in 1836-7 / by Robert H. Schomburgk, Esq., Corr. Mem. R.G.S.

Other format(s)

• Available also online through: Princeton University Libraries, Digital Map & Geographic Data Web site.
• Online version of companion articles available also through the JSTOR Web site. Access limited to subscribing member institutions only.

Other title(s)

British Guyana, by Robt. H. Schomburgk Esqr. London: John Murray, 1836.

In

Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 7 (1837), p. 285-350, facing page 350. London : John Murray

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