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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, edited by
Robert Schomburgk and first published in 1848, presents documents
written by Sir Walter Raleigh following his expeditions to Guyana
in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The title
text recounts the events of Raleigh's first voyage, including his
encounters with the Spanish and the quest for the legendary city of
Manoa, and is accompanied by two documents that had not previously
been published. The book also includes a detailed introduction and
extensive explanatory notes, providing key biographical and
historical information.
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.
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. In 1840 he was appointed to define
its boundaries with Brazil, as Brazilian encroachments were wiping
out native tribes. His report to the Colonial Office was published
as A Description of British Guiana, Geographical and Statistical in
1840, and was the first detailed account of the colony. As well as
surveying the land, and being the first European to reach the
source of the Essequibo River, he discovered many new species of
plants. His work on the boundaries led to the establishment of the
'Schomburgk Line' which was the basis for the definition of the
borders with Brazil and Venezuela at the end of the century. He was
knighted in 1845, and spent much of the rest of his life abroad as
a British consul.
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