GUIANA TRAVELS OF ROBERT SCHOMBURGK ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY Expedition 1835-9

Description: THE GUIANA TRAVELS OF ROBERT SCHOMBURGK,1835-1844 Volume 1 EXPLORATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 1835-1839 Edited by PETER RIVIÈRE THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY 2006 25 x 18 cm. xiii + 406 pp. HB/DJ This is the first of a pair of volumes publishing the full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in greatly abridged and heavily edited versions. Robert Schomburgk left his native Germany for North America in 1828, aged twenty-four. A year later he was in the Caribbean, where, after various business failures, he devoted himself to the investigation of natural history, especially botany. Although he had no previous contact with the Royal Geographical Society in London, the work he submitted to it was of such a quality that he was able to persuade the Society to sponsor explorations in the north-east of South America, an area for which no accurate maps and little reliable information existed. From Schomburgk's arrival in British Guiana in 1835 up to 1839, he explored much of the interior of the colony and completed the arduous overland journey to the Orinoco to connect his survey with that of Alexander von Humboldt. During these expeditions he witnessed maltreatment of Amerindians at the hand of Brazilians, and having ascertained that the boundary between Brazil and British Guiana was undefined he proposed it should be fixed so that those within the British colony would be protected from further harassment. The British Government decided to go ahead with this exercise, and Schomburgk was appointed boundary commissioner with the task of surveying the boundaries of the colony. He did this between 1841 and 1843, returning^ to London in 1844 to be rewarded with a knighthood for his services. During much of his subsequent career, until his death in 1865, he acted as a British consul, first in Santo Domingo and then in Bangkok. CONTENTS Illustrations Maps Preface Introduction The First Expedition into the Interior: 1835-1836 An Excursion to the Post at the Mouth of the Cayuni First Report to the Royal Geographical Society of London during an Expedition in the Interior of British Guiana Second Report during the First Expedition in the Interior of British Guiana to the Royal Geographical Society of London Third Report to the Royal Geographical Society of London during the First Expedition in the Interior of British Guiana Geographical Memoir to Accompany the Map of the Essequibo and its Tributary, the Rupununy The Expeditions up the Rivers Corentyne and Berbice: 1836-1837 First Report to the Royal Geographical Society of London during the Second Expedition in the Interior of-British Guiana Rough Notes on the Courantyn & Berbice Expedition Diary of an Ascent of the River Berbice in British Guayana in 1836-1837 The Journeys to the Sources of the Essequibo and to Esmeralda on the Orinoco: 1837-1839 To the Sources of the Essequibo From our Departure at Curassawaka to our Arrival at Sao Joaquim do Rio Branco Account of the Ascent of the Caruma or Serra Grande on the Eastern Bank of the Rio Branco in Brazil, in August 1838 Journey from San Joaquim to Esmeralda Journey from Esmeralda on the Orinoco by the Cassiquiare to San Carlos, Descent of the Rio Negro to Moura, Ascent of the Rio Branco to Fort San Joaquim & Return by the Essequibo to George Town, Demerara in March, April & May 1839 THE GUIANA TRAVELS OF ROBERT SCHOMBURGK 1835-1844 Volume 1 EXPLORATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 1835-1839 Edited by PETER RIVIÈRE THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY 2006 This is the first of a pair of volumes publishing the full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in greatly abridged and heavily edited versions. Robert Schomburgk left his native Germany for North America in 1828, aged twenty-four. A year later he was in the Caribbean, where, after various business failures, he devoted himself to the investigation of natural history, especially botany. Although he had no previous contact with the Royal Geographical Society in London, the work he submitted to it was of such a quality that he was able to persuade the Society to sponsor explorations in the north-east of South America, an area for which no accurate maps and little reliable information existed. From Schomburgk's arrival in British Guiana in 1835 up to 1839, he explored much of the interior of the colony and completed the arduous overland journey to the Orinoco to connect his survey with that of Alexander von Humboldt. During these expeditions he witnessed maltreatment of Amerindians at the hand of Brazilians, and having ascertained that the boundary between Brazil and British Guiana was undefined he proposed it should be fixed so that those within the British colony would be protected from further harassment. The British Government decided to go ahead with this exercise, and Schomburgk was appointed boundary commissioner with the task of surveying the boundaries of the colony. He did this between 1841 and 1843, returning to London in 1844 to be rewarded with a knighthood for his services. During much of his subsequent career, until his death in 1865, he acted as a British consul, first in Santo Domingo and then in Bangkok. CONTENTS Illustrations Maps Preface Introduction The First Expedition into the Interior: 1835-1836 An Excursion to the Post at the Mouth of the Cayuni First Report to the Royal Geographical Society of London during an Expedition in the Interior of British Guiana Second Report during the First Expedition in the Interior of British Guiana to the Royal Geographical Society of London Third Report to the Royal Geographical Society of London during the First Expedition in the Interior of British Guiana Geographical Memoir to Accompany the Map of the Essequibo and its Tributary, the Rupununy The Expeditions up the Rivers Corentyne and Berbice: 1836-1837 First Report to the Royal Geographical Society of London during the Second Expedition in the Interior of British Guiana Rough Notes on the Courantyn & Berbice Expedition Diary of an Ascent of the River Berbice in British Guayana in 1836-1837 The Journeys to the Sources of the Essequibo and to Esmeralda on the Orinoco: 1837-1839 To the Sources of the Essequibo From our Departure at Curassawaka to our Arrival at Sao Joaquim do Rio Branco Account of the Ascent of the Caruma or Serra Grande on the Eastern Bank of the Rio Branco in Brazil, in August 1838 Journey from San Joaquim to Esmeralda Journey from Esmeralda on the Orinoco by the Cassiquiare to San Carlos, Descent of the Rio Negro to Moura, Ascent of the Rio Branco to Fort San Joaquim & Return by the Essequibo to George Town, Demerara in March, April & May 1839 25 x 18 cm. xiii + 406 pp. Fine condition, as new. 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