Reize naar Surinamen, verblijf aldaar, en terugtogt over Noord-Amerika naar Europa. Uit het Hoogduitsch.

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Haarlem, Erven François Bohn, 1821. 3 volumes. Original boards, uncut. With 3 identical engraved titles after W.M. Craig by D. Veelwaard. XII,250; II,264; II,164 pp. First Dutch edition, first published in English in 1810 -1818 A Narrative of a voyage to Surinam, first German edition was published in 1818. - Albert von Sack, Chamberlain to the King of Prussia, undertook two expeditions to Suriname, his first in 1805 and his second started in 1810. In these volumes, Sack provides extensive descriptions of the colony s landscapes and its natural resources, documenting the flora, fauna, and human population. He pays particular attention to the black and indigenous peoples of Suriname, with especially the second volume offering detailed sections on their lives and conditions and adding many interesting observations on slavery. Before departing for Europe he stopped in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Alexandria. Tiele 953; Cat. NHSM I, p.283; Sabin 74751; Suriname-catalogus UB Amsterdam 5835; Work p.278.

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Reize naar Surinamen, verblijf aldaar, en terugtogt over Noord-Amerika naar Europa. Uit het Hoogduitsch.

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