Identifier: fiveyearsexpedition01sted (find matches)
Title: Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots : with an account of the indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea
Year: 1806 (1800s)
Authors: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 Blake, William, 1757-1827 Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827 Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Subjects: Slavery Indians of South America
Publisher: London : Printed for J. Johnson, & Th. Payne
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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of Fort Somelsdyk — Of the.Hope in Rio Comewina. Chapter XII. BEING once more arrived at Paramaribo, it will not be improper to introduce in this place some account of that beautiful town. Before I commence the description however, I must observe, that being long accustomed to walk bare-footed, I could not bear the confinement of shoes and stockings for some time, they heated and even swelled my feet so much, that, dining on the 16th of January with my friend Kennedy, I was actually obliged to throw them off at his house, whence he was so kind as to send me home in his whisky. I have already mentioned that Paramaribo is situated on the right side of the beautiful river Surinam, at about sixteen or eighteen miles distance from its mouth. It is built upon a kind of gravelly rock, which is level with the rest of the country, in the form of an oblong square, its length is about a mile and a half, and its breadth about half as much. All the streets, which are perfectly straight, are lined with orange, shaddock, 1
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IMAGE: View of the town of Paramaribo, with the road & shipping, from the opposite shore. London. Published by : J. Johnson, 1794. - Expedition to Surinam. page 299. Taken from: Captain Steadman's ' Expedition to Surinam, being the Narrative of a Five Year Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Year 1772 to 1777. Author: John Gabriel Steadman.

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