Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804 1865) was a German-born
surveyor and traveller. In 1835 1839 he explored British Guiana for
the Royal Geographical Society, and in 1840 he was appointed to
define its boundaries with Brazil. Knighted for his work, he then
visited Barbados for the Barbados General Railway Company,
publishing The History of Barbados in 1848. This substantial work
contains - unsurprisingly given his background - a great deal more
than a chronological narrative of the settlement and history of the
island. He begins with a geographical analysis, statistical
information, and an examination of the political and sociological
state of Barbados. The third part is on the geology, mineral
resources, and natural history of the colony. Although physically
small, Barbados was extremely important both to British imperial
policies and to her economy, playing a key role in the Atlantic
trade routes, particularly for sugar.
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