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  3. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–1844
    Volume 1
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 December 2011
    09 December 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511782893
    9781108023368
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511782893
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    Dimensions:
    (244 x 170 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.83kg, 526 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Latin American History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Latin American History
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
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    Richard Schomburgk (1811–1891) accompanied his brother Robert Hermann Schomburgk on his mission to survey the boundary of British Guiana (his account is also reissued in this series). Richard was commissioned by the Prussian government to find new flora, fauna and ethnographical specimens for the Berlin Botanic Gardens and the royal museums. The publication in 1847–1848 in Germany of this three-volume account of the expedition was supported by Alexander von Humboldt, who was a close friend. The third volume especially was considered a major taxonomical work. Schomburgk contracted yellow fever, and found the preservation and transportation of his specimens difficult in the climate, many perishing before they got to Germany. Schomburgk later emigrated to Australia, becoming director of the Botanic Garden, Adelaide. Volume 1 covers the arrival in Guiana, and expeditions to the mouths of the Orinoco and Essequibo rivers.

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