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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    October 2011
    December 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511782855
    9781108023313
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511782855
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    1.01kg, 770 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, Historical Geography, History, Regional History after 1500, Latin American History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, Historical Geography, History, Regional History after 1500, Latin American History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
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    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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