Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–1844
In Auftrag Sr. Mäjestat des Königs von Preussen

This report on expeditions in British Guiana in 1840–1844 was a major work on taxonomy and on native tribes.

Richard Schomburgk (Author)

9781108023368, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 December 2010

526 pages, 10 b/w illus. 2 maps
24.4 x 17 x 2.7 cm, 0.83 kg

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.

1. Abreise von Voigtstedt
2. Abreise von London
3. Landung
4. Expedition nach der Mündung des Orinoko
5. Theilung der Expedition
6. Mündung des Essequibo
7. Expedition nach dem Innern Guiana's
8. Ankunft der Militairexpedition
9. Ausflug nach dem Canukugebirge.

Subject Areas: Regional & area planning [RP]