| 单词 | British Guiana |
| 例句 | Bechu made good use of his knowledge of English by writing to the elite newspapers in British Guiana. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Consulate in Georgetown, British Guiana, was marched on by pickets accusing “American imperialists.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1896, an indentured worker in British Guiana who called himself Bechu began publishing a series of letters to the local newspaper, revealing the conditions on the sugar plantations—or “estates,” as they were called. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z As in British Guiana, Trinidad, and Mauritius, Indians were first brought to Natal to cut cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In the 1890s, the price of cane sugar was declining, and the planters who owned sugar fields in British Guiana were on the edge of bankruptcy. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Always maintaining his Caribbean links, Carew served in 1962 as director of culture in British Guiana under the Cheddi Jagan administration, and reported from Havana for the Observer on the Cuban missile crisis. Jan Carew obituary 2012-12-21T16:59:30Z The world's rarest postal stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will go on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington starting in April, the Smithsonian Institution said on Thursday. World's rarest postal stamp to go on display in Washington 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z A schoolboy in British Guiana discovered the stamp in 1873 among his family papers. World's rarest postal stamp to go on display in Washington 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But, as a black man from what was then the colony of British Guiana, he had difficulty finding work in his field in the early 1950s. E.R. Braithwaite, author of ‘To Sir, With Love,’ dies at 104 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta is one of the world's first postage stamps. Rare British Guiana stamp sells for record $9.5 million 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The stamp is the only surviving example of the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta. World's rarest postal stamp to go on display in Washington 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta is among the first postage stamps. World's rarest postal stamp to go on display in Washington 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z In 1856 in British Guiana, now called the Republic of Guyana, the local postmaster asked a newspaper to print some stamps after supplies from Britain, where its stamps were printed, were delayed. World's rarest stamp could fetch record auction price of $20 mln 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta is one of the first stamps in the world. World's rarest stamp could fetch record auction price of $20 mln 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Croal, currently a writer and co-executive producer on “Marvel’s Luke Cage,” originally dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon while growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, and her parents’ native British Guiana. It’s the Golden Age of TV. And Writers Are Paying the Toll. 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z In 1856 in British Guiana - now the republic of Guyana - the local postmaster asked a newspaper to print some stamps after supplies from Britain, where its stamps were printed, were delayed. Rare British Guiana stamp sells for record $9.5 million 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The postmaster in British Guiana, now the republic of Guyana, asked a newspaper in 1856 to print stamps after supplies from Britain were delayed. World's rarest postal stamp to go on display in Washington 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Born in the village of Agricola in British Guiana, Carew was the only son and middle child of Ethel Robertson and Alan Carew. Jan Carew obituary 2012-12-21T16:59:30Z It is the country of Guyana, not British Guiana, which was a colony. How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z They decided the bulk of the disputed territory was British Guiana’s. Venezuela claims nearly three-quarters of Guyana. Guyana wants help. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The Demerara Bell was donated by a former student who went on to work for a sugar company in British Guiana. Clare College Cambridge changes 'colony' name over slavery connotation 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The British Guiana 1c Magenta was bought by rare stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons last month. Rare British Guiana 1c Magenta stamp to go on display 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z The “Three Treasures” sale also includes the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp and a plate block of the “Inverted Jenny” stamp. Sotheby's to auction rare stamps, gold coin from Stuart Weitzman's personal collection 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Semple was born in Lichfield, in what was then the South American colony of British Guiana and is now the independent nation of Guyana. Community deaths 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z In 1841, Venezuela disputed the borders of what by then was British Guiana. Venezuela claims nearly three-quarters of Guyana. Guyana wants help. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z In 1941, U.S. forces took up positions in Iceland, Trinidad and British Guiana to forestall any Nazi invasion, even though the United States had not yet entered the Second World War. Today in History 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z It is the only survivor of a small batch printed on the former British colony British Guiana, now Guyana. Rare British Guiana 1c Magenta stamp to go on display 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z An authority on birds of prey, he established his bona fides as an adventurous wildlife filmmaker when he flew to British Guiana in 1955 to study the harpy eagle, one of the world’s largest raptors. Jim Fowler, intrepid host of ‘Wild Kingdom’ nature series, dies at 89 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The Demerara Bell was donated to St Catharine's College by a former student who went on to work for a sugar company in British Guiana. University bell removed over slavery link 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z “More than any group or pair of individuals, they symbolize leaving behind the colonial inheritance,” said Mr. Phillips, whose parents moved to Britain from British Guiana. A New Assignment for the Sussexes: Royal Envoys to Africa? 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Two-thirds of its men were from Jamaica, the rest hailing from the Bahamas to then British Guiana. The Caribbean's overlooked WW1 soldiers 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Inverted Jennies are not the most expensive stamps in the world — that title belongs to the one-cent magenta from British Guiana, the only one of which sold for $9.5 million in 2014. An Inverted Jenny Surfaces. The Flawed Stamp Had Not Been Seen Since 1918. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Background: I was born in what was British Guiana but came to the UK at the age of 10 and have lived here ever since. Election blind dates: Gina Miller and Godfrey Bloom - BBC News 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Barclay, 97, was an apprentice engineer who had travelled to the UK from British Guiana in South America, now known as Guyana. 'The priest refused to marry us' - BBC News 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The last was in December 1895 over an obscure border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana, when President Grover Cleveland rattled his sabre, while Lord Salisbury, the prime minister, spoke soft words. Will Trump’s presidency finally kill the myth of the special relationship? 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, in 1943 they married and moved to British Guiana, then still a colony nestled next to Venezuela, on South America’s Caribbean coast. Hillary Wouldn’t Be the First Female American President 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z However, this is dwarfed compared to the "British Guiana one cent magenta" from 1856. Stamp collecting: The mistakes worth millions - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Braithwaite’s father came from a wealthy British Guiana family; his mother was the daughter of a North Carolina slave. The Long-Lost Tale of the World’s Longest Book 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Chief philately curator Daniel Piazza says the South American colony British Guiana ran out of English stamps in 1856 and enlisted a newspaper publisher to print them locally. $9.5M 19th-century stamp displayed at National Postal Museum 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z “I had an album, an American album but of world-famous international stamps, and there was a big hole on the top of the page for the British Guiana.” Stuart Weitzman to Display Rare Stamp That Fulfilled Boyhood Dream 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Sotheby’s sold the British Guiana stamp to an anonymous donor over the phone Tuesday. World's Rarest Stamp Sets Auction Record 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z It took only two minutes for the British Guiana one-cent magenta stamp to be sold to an anonymous bidder. British colony stamp sells for £5.6m 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The stamp is known as the One-Cent Magenta from British Guiana. Stamp Sells for a Record $9.5 Million 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Collectors believe all of the one-cent magentas stamps were tossed away, except for one, which was saved by a Scottish boy living in British Guiana in 1873. $9.5M 19th-century stamp displayed at National Postal Museum 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The One-Cent Magenta is different from most stamps because it was commissioned by the colonial postmaster in British Guiana when a shipment of postal provisions from London did not arrive. Stuart Weitzman to Display Rare Stamp That Fulfilled Boyhood Dream 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z "Every collecting area has its Holy Grail. For stamps it is The British Guiana," Sotheby's wrote on its website, adding the stamp is often described as the "most famous" and "most valuable" in the world. Rare stamp set for New York auction 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z It was printed by a newspaper in British Guiana during a stamp shortage. The ‘Mona Lisa’ of Stamps to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s 2014-05-02T03:58:36Z One-cent stamps were commonly used for newspapers in British Guiana, according to stamp collectors. Stamp Sells for a Record $9.5 Million 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Watson, who was born in Georgetown, British Guiana, and whose father was a plantation manager and former slave owner from Orkney, played for Scotland at a time when they dominated international football. Looking into Scotland's black history 2013-10-08T00:13:24Z The minor British islands in the West Indies, the Bahamas, British Guiana and British Honduras, seem not to have provided local legislation, but remain exclusively under Imperial law. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z In 1855 he was chosen governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands, and subsequently governor of British Guiana. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The patient was a postage stamp, one of the rarest in the world, known as the One-Cent Magenta from British Guiana. The ‘Mona Lisa’ of Stamps to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s 2014-05-02T03:58:36Z “A London journalist described the 1856 British Guiana as ‘cut square and magenta in colour’ and himself as ‘cut round and rather paler magenta.’ Stamp Sells for a Record $9.5 Million 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z I keep my research very focussed on the three former Dutch colonies which later became British Guiana, now Guyana, on the north coast of South America. Looking into Scotland's black history 2013-10-08T00:13:24Z Stark's Guide and History of British Guiana, is a continuation of a series of works of the Guide book type, dealing with our West Indian possessions. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z It exhales a very strong odour—wherefore it is known in British Guiana as the “stink-bird”—compared by Bates to “musk combined with wet hides,” and by Deville to that of a cow-house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Thus, in British Guiana, in the Cape Colony, and in Ceylon, the letter and spirit of Roman-Dutch law have been continued under English rule. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z “Arthur Hind had never intended to even bid on the British Guiana,” the Sotheby’s catalog said. Stamp Sells for a Record $9.5 Million 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Souari, sow-�′ri, n. a tree of British Guiana yielding a durable timber and edible nuts. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Stark's Guide and History of British Guiana, is a complete and compendious handbook for tourists and immigrants. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z In the course of his reply the Prince referred to the great potential wealth of British Guiana and to the determination of its inhabitants to develop their inheritance to the full. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Lies east of British Guiana, often called Surinam from the river of that name. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z It is a large tree, growing to a height of 80 to 100 ft. or more, which occurs in the West Indies, in South America, and is especially abundant in Dutch and British Guiana. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana had been dragging along for years. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Sampson Low, Marston & Co., now place upon the English market a cheap and useful guide to British Guiana, which has been issued by an American publisher. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Its people are looking to England at the moment with some hope, as well, of that co-ordination of Imperial resources of which British Guiana stands so much in need. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z He afterwards went out to British Guiana, and became rector of the parish of St. Patrick, Berbice, where he died in 1869, aged sixty-five, as the result of a carriage accident. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z The demarcation was at once undertaken by a joint commission appointed by Venezuela and British Guiana and was completed in 1904. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z I am off on a voyage of two weeks to British Guiana and I begin to ponder the solution of my first problem. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The bulk of the material, we are told, was prepared by Mr. James Rodway, the well known authority on British Guiana, and may therefore be accepted as trustworthy. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z From Trinidad the Prince made a side trip to Demerara, British Guiana, in the Calcutta, the Renown being too big to cross the bar into Georgetown harbour. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z New Parcels Post regulations are noted with the United Kingdom, British West Indies, British Guiana and Mexico, by which the rate is made 12 cents per pound or fraction, with a limit of 11 pounds. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z These ranges are of high importance, as the rocks comprising them are the main source of gold in British Guiana. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z With thrice seven-league boots one could stride from the coast of the United States and with a dozen steps reach British Guiana dry-shod. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z An outline of the ecology and breeding seasons of birds of the lowland forest region of British Guiana. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z In the Straits Settlements, Jamaica and British Guiana there are ordinances directed against gambling and lotteries, and particularly 450 against forms of gambling introduced by the Chinese. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Nevada Falls Another and grander South American fall, of comparatively recent discovery, is the Kaiteeur, so called, in the river Potaro, a large affluent of the Essequibo, the largest river in British Guiana. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z From England British Guiana is reached in sixteen days by the steamers of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and in nineteen days by those of the direct line from London and Glasgow. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z We left our boats stranded on the Mazaruni River bank and climbed the steep ascent to our new home in the heart of British Guiana. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Upon being boarded, she proved to be the Daniel Trowbridge, of New Haven, Connecticut, last from New York, and bound to Demerara, in British Guiana. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Born in British Guiana, he became one of the first black recruits in the RAF where he attained the rank of flight lieutenant. Skipping off 2010-03-01T13:33:00Z The cables which run from Jamaica to the eastern islands and British Guiana, sometimes single and sometimes duplicate, are very old. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise The upper reaches are broken by a series of great cataracts, some of which, until the discovery of Kaieteur, were believed to be the grandest in British Guiana. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z On kindly but conflicting advice and suggestion, we had searched hither and thither over the coastlands of British Guiana. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Amsterdam, New, a town in British Guiana, on the east side of the River Berbice, near the sea, with some trade as a seaport. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Nearer home, Peru and Ecuador were convulsed with revolution, and the controversy between Venezuela and British Guiana began to loom acute and ominous. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 A cable should be laid between Bermuda and Barbados, with a branch to Trinidad, and perhaps another to British Guiana. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Towns, &c.—The capital of British Guiana is Georgetown, at the mouth of the Demerara river, on its right bank, with a population of about 50,000. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z A still more interesting boundary dispute was that between Great Britain and Brazil, as to the southern frontier line of British Guiana. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" He was told in reply that Lord Grey had already sanctioned contracts for three years in British Guiana and Trinidad, and would, of course, be quite prepared to do so in Jamaica. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. They suggested a trip to the West Indies and British Guiana. Lafcadio Hearn The Roman-Dutch law as to crime and punishments has been superseded in Ceylon and British Guiana by ordinance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" In British Guiana a series of conglomerates, red and white sandstone and red shale, rests upon the gneiss and forms the remarkable table-topped mountains Roraima, Kukenaam, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Appointed by President Cleveland, January, 1896, to determine the true boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Without healthy competition with other races, the negroes sunk back, until they became even more degraded than those of British Guiana and Trinidad. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The evolution of the fret, on the American continent, can be studied on the beautiful wooden clubs from Brazil and British Guiana, figured in Dr. Hjalmar Stolpes' valuable work already referred to. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela in regard to the boundary line between the latter and British Guiana was of long standing. The United States and Latin America I. British Guiana, the only British possession in S. America, was formally ceded in 1814-1815. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Of these, it is only members of the first and last that occupy British Guiana. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies After the emancipation the negro in British Guiana became of less and less importance as more and more immigrants arrived, until he grew quite sore. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Distribution.—All known specimens have been found in the foothills of the northeastern face of the Guiana Massif in British Guiana. Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige Various other lines were from time to time claimed by Great Britain, each one extending the frontier of British Guiana farther and farther to the west. The United States and Latin America This boundary-line between British Guiana and Venezuela was for many years the subject of dispute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z He worked the same game in British Guiana eight years ago on a small scale. The Pathless Trail The Portuguese from Madeira came to British Guiana absolutely destitute just after the failure of the vines on their island. The West Indies and the Spanish Main British Guiana completed in 1866 a line from Georgetown to New Amsterdam, but not one mile of railroad has been built in that colony since. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses From that time on the boundary line between British Guiana and Venezuela was a matter of dispute. The United States and Latin America There are no imperial troops now stationed in British Guiana, but there is a semi-military police force, a small militia and two companies of volunteers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z British Guiana Georgetown Demerara, m n In general: Not a commercial factor. All About Coffee After a hard struggle on the part of the planters it was renewed, and in the end prevented Trinidad and British Guiana from utter abandonment. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Forty-three years ago last New-Year's Day a native boat was gliding along through one of the small rivers of British Guiana, when it came to a spot where the stream widened into a little lake. Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The Anglo-Venezuelan treaty provided that an arbitral tribunal should be immediately appointed to determine the true boundary line between Venezuela and British Guiana. The United States and Latin America Trinidad and British Guiana, on the other hand, have taken steps to produce this pressure artificially, by large importations of foreign labor. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject They flourished in the new habitat to which they were introduced, and in 1725 were carried from Dutch Guiana into the district of Berbice in British Guiana and into French Guiana. All About Coffee For many years the unsettled boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana had been a source of irritation. The New Nation The Aluminum Company of America also controls immense deposits of high-grade bauxite in Dutch and British Guiana, and further exploration by American interests is under way. The Economic Aspect of Geology I have on this account sought to embrace every opportunity to circulate the Holy Scriptures in England, Ireland, Canada, British Guiana, the East Indies, China, Australia, etc. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller A third commission was appointed, in 1850, to inquire into the condition and prospects of British Guiana. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject In British Guiana it is now grown mainly for domestic consumption, and the same is true of French Guiana, which also imports. All About Coffee Seeing this, Inez, as though answering his thought, said proudly: “My father made history when he arranged the boundary line between British Guiana and Venezuela.” The White Mice He had already been giving aid to brethren abroad, in British Guiana and elsewhere, as well as in fields nearer at home. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God Thus, in the South American room may be seen a series of specimens illustrating the whole operation of pottery-making among the Caribs of British Guiana. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 By the last mail I had sent off £40 to British Guiana, to help seven brethren there in some measure. Answers to Prayer From George Müller's Narratives This is no light boast, for at one time or another, I have done all this, but in only one place—the Botanical Gardens of Georgetown, British Guiana. Edge of the Jungle The divisions are known respectively as British Guiana, Surinam, and Cayenne, and the trade of each accrues to the mother-country. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Among the Indians of Guiana being sketches chiefly anthropologic from the interior of British Guiana. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology It was to consider a petition of certain apprentices in British Guiana, who wanted to stay execution of the judgement of a Court there. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales would thus take their proper places in the Empire by the side of Barbados, Canada and British Guiana, and there would be no jealousy because all would be treated equally. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 Here in British Guiana I can run the whole gamut of gardens, within a few miles of where I am writing. Edge of the Jungle Terence thanked Jack for this description of his trip when they next met, which they did off Georgetown, the capital of British Guiana, at the mouth of the Demerara river. The Three Lieutenants By this arrangement all British Guiana would be enabled to reply to all its European and Colonial correspondence by the same packet, but which at present they have it not in their power to do. A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World I had, on this account particularly, a desire to be able shortly to send another sum to British Guiana, which was thus granted to me. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part The Arawaks of British Guiana relate that once upon a time the Creator came down to earth to see how his creature man was getting on. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia We were all sitting on the Mazaruni bank, the night before the full moon, immediately in front of my British Guiana laboratory. Edge of the Jungle His horror at the idea of eating a man in British Guiana showed how they misunderstood his stoicism who thought him devoid of feeling. The Napoleon of Notting Hill The West Indies, including the continental colonies of British Guiana and Honduras, and seventeen islands or groups of islands, have a total coloured population of about 1,912,655. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" I have on this account sought to embrace every opportunity to circulate the Holy Scriptures in England, Ireland, Canada, British Guiana, the East Indies, China, Australia, &c. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part Then he sailed off into the Gulf to become a free-trader, with his headquarters first in Georgetown, British Guiana, then in Dutch Curaçao, and finally at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ralestone Luck Some 30,000 square miles of territory on the border of Venezuela and British Guiana were in dispute. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy British Guiana, 1850, 2 cents.—This is popularly known as the 2 cents circular Guiana, because of its shape. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime For Alfonso was right, we were bound for British Guiana, it being however understood that we three were not under obligation to make the return voyage in the Water-Lily. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys By the last mail I had sent off 40l. to British Guiana, to help seven brethren there in some measure. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part For some time it had been watching a dispute between England and Venezuela over the western boundary of British Guiana and, on an appeal from Venezuela, it had taken a lively interest in the contest. History of the United States Browning explained to Sedgwick that he had been earning a commission by going out and reporting on a mine in Venezuela, just over the border from British Guiana. The Wedge of Gold We know that without any great modification in character, runaway slaves developed excellent fighting qualities as Maroons, in Trinidad, British Guiana, St. Domingo and in Florida. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army We three were not able to be present at Alfonso’s wedding, for the very good reason that we were no longer in British Guiana. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys And not only there, but also in Canada, British Guiana, the East Indies, Australia and China. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part He asked Congress to create a commission authorized to ascertain by researches the true boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana. History of the United States Do you remember that French chap who wanted me to go with him into British Guiana? The Judge In Jamaica, in St. Vincent, in British Guiana, in Barbadoes, in Trinidad and in Grenada, British slavery was far worse than American slavery. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army But when the shores of British Guiana had become a muddy-looking horizon line, I found him, with his cropped forehead pressed to the open housewife, shedding bitter tears among the new needles and buttons. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys To 38this class belong the stamps of the first issues of British Guiana, Hawaii and Reunion, which rank among the greatest philatelic rarities. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 The excessive density of the population has induced the government to favor emigration; and over a hundred thousand have gone to British Guiana and the West Indies, and other countries. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East The rivers and creeks, and the whole of the interior of British Guiana at a distance from the sea, are unknown and unexplored. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 In Trinidad and British Guiana there have been mutinies and rioting of slaves and a curious mingling of races. The Negro She was really in something like respectable harbour trim when we approached the coast of British Guiana. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Some of the rare type-set stamps of British Guiana were printed on the paper used for lining sugar barrels. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 These countries agree to settle the question of the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana by arbitration. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 16, February 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls It is met with in British Guiana, and the Indian tribes of that district prepare the pigment with which they stain their skin from it; it is called by them "Caraveru." The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. And the Hornet won the fifth in February, by taking the Peacock, off Demerara, on the coast of British Guiana. The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 The boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana is yet unadjusted. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Turning to British Guiana, where, as elsewhere, hysterical and epileptic people make the best mediums, or ‘Peay-men,’ we are fortunate in finding an educated observer who submitted to be peaied. Cock Lane and Common-Sense Have they a tittle of positive evidence that early Israel was benighted beyond the darkness of Bushmen, Andamanese, Pawnees, Blackfeet, Hurons, Indians of British Guiana, Dinkas, Negroes, and so forth? The Making of Religion The colony of British Guiana was formerly noted for its produce of coffee. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Demerara, a division of British Guiana; takes its name from the river, which is 200 m. long, and falls into the Atlantic at Georgetown. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The boundary of British Guiana still remains in dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Amongst the Macusis of British Guiana, when a girl shews the first signs of puberty, she is hung in a hammock at the highest point of the hut. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul He had just finished a very difficult and important trip, from Manaos by the Rio Branco to the highlands of Guiana, across them on foot, and down to the seacoast of British Guiana. Through the Brazilian Wilderness In 1838, we imported from the West India Islands and British Guiana 17½ million pounds of coffee, in 1850 we only received 4¼ million pounds from thence. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Berbice, the eastern division of British Guiana; produces sugar, cocoa, and timber. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Now, too, we knew definitely where we were, and I determined to make for Georgetown, British Guiana—but I was destined to again suffer bitter disappointment. The Land That Time Forgot A hundred square miles more or less on either side of the boundary of British Guiana was to him a matter of supreme indifference. The Grand Old Man British Guiana lies on the northern coast of South America, next to Venezuela and extends inland, with its western boundary roughly parallel to the valley of the Orinoco River. The United States Since the Civil War Cultivation in Jamaica; Trinidad; British Guiana; Cuba; decline of production in this island. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. It appeared that he had just come back from mission-work in British Guiana, that he had been in India, and was in all respects a travelled and accomplished person. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I In British Guiana, or Demerara, on the main land, the same fact has brought about a similar result. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Among the Indians of British Guiana, according to Mr. im Thurn, both mother and father are "very affectionate towards the young child." The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Most dangerous in its possibilities was the controversy with Great Britain over the boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela. The United States Since the Civil War Dominica and British Guiana produce small quantities; our imports from these quarters having been as follows:— Dominica. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. One has over its door:—"British Guiana Emigration Office;" another is for Trinidad; and a third for Jamaica. Journal of an African Cruiser In South America she possessed British Guiana, and for a period, as related above, French Guiana also. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Much was said about Central America, but British Guiana and the West Indies proved to be the most inviting fields to the latter-day Negro colonizationists. A Century of Negro Migration At the close I introduced myself to the minister as Davies, from British Guiana, attached to the ministry of the missionaries of the London Society. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States The whole quantity imported into the United Kingdom from the West Indies and British Guiana during the last thirteen years, has been as follows:— lbs. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. For British Guiana I observe from the papers received from that quarter, that the mission that came here is already declaring that Indian labour will be forthcoming from India. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation The next in reputation and quality is the Java and Ceylon coffee, and then the coffees of Bourbon and Martinique, and that of Berbice, a district of the colony of British Guiana. The Book of Household Management VENEZUELA.—For many years there was a dispute over the boundary line between British Guiana and Venezuela, and in 1895 it seemed likely to involve Venezuela in a war with Great Britain. A Brief History of the United States We are next introduced to a student of theology, who asks very sensible and pious questions in reference to the missionary cause and the progress of the Gospel in British Guiana. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States These are from the forests of British Guiana. Two Years in the French West Indies Maize. cultivation of. eaters. food of the people of North-East Brazil. of Mexico. of British Guiana. of the Caribs. stone grinders. The Naturalist in Nicaragua In 1844 three agencies were established at Sierra Leone for supplying hands to British Guiana, Trinidad and Jamaica. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Amongst the Macusis of British Guiana, when a girl shows the first signs of puberty, she is hung in a hammock at the highest point of the hut. The Golden Bough His teacher told him, in the same finger-language which was used with Laura, that we came from British Guiana, and desired him to find out the place on the large globe before him. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States Beyond British Guiana, the westernmost division, lay Venezuela. The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power This had hardly gone into operation when, in 1895, a contest arose with Great Britain about the boundaries between Venezuela and British Guiana. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors In the boundary dispute between British Guiana and Venezuela, President Cleveland proposed arbitration, but this was refused by the British Government. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics In 1895, in the course of a century's dispute over the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana, Venezuela took prisoner some British subjects, and asked us to protect her from the consequences. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge The extreme claim of Great Britain would have given her command of the mouth of the Orinoco, while that of Venezuela would practically have eliminated British Guiana. The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power |
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