Collection Items
-
MapSketch Map of British Guiana. Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804--65) was a British naturalist and surveyor known for his pioneering surveys of British Guiana (present-day Guyana). Born and educated in Germany, he traveled to the West Indies in 1830 where he completed a survey of one of the Virgin Islands that was published in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1835--39, under the direction of the Royal Geographical...
- Contributor: Schomburgk, Robert H. (Robert Hermann), Sir
- Date: 1840-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page