Bolingbroke, Henry:

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A VOYAGE TO THE DEMERARY, CONTAINING A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENTS THERE, AND OF THOSE ON THE ESSEQUEBO, THE BERBICE, AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS RIVERS OF ... First American edition, after the London edition of 1808, of this voyage to the northern coast of South America in 1799. Bolingbroke, deputy vendue master in Surinam, provides a highly readable account of the geography, natural history, agriculture (cotton and sugar), Dutch plantations, slaves, Creole culture, native manners and customs, marketplaces, etc., in Guiana and surrounding regions in northeastern South America. "The author holds the north South American mainland to be more important to Great Britain than the West India islands, and urges that the latter rather than the former be used in future peace settlements which might require territorial cessions. Supports the slave trade" - Ragatz.

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