[4834] THE | EMIGRANT’S | VADEMECUM OR GUIDE | TO THE | “PRICE GRANT” | in | VENEZUELAN GUAYANA. |
LONDON: | PUBLISHED FOR | “THE AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND VENEZUELAN TRADING AND COMMERCIAL | COMPANY”, THE CRESCENT, AMERICA SQUARE, E. C., | BY | MESSRS. TRÜBNER AND CO. 6O, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. | 1868.
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{Intercadala antes de la portada un grabado en madera a plena página con el título: VENEZUELA SCENERY}. [Pág. i], [A]1r: Portada ut supra. Pág. [ii], [A]1v: Entered at Stationers’ Hall, | BY | JAMES FREDERICK PATTISON, | DIRECTOR-GENERAL IN EUROPE OF THE | AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND VENEZUELAN TRADING AND | COMMERCIAL COMPANY. | (Al pie de la página): PRINTED BY HOWARD & JONES, 18, CULLUM STREET. | 1868. {Hoja intercalada impresa por el recto con el título: PREFACE. =: MARGARET AMANDA PATTISON, of Mariland, U. S. A}. V. en bl. Págs. [iii]-iv, [A]2rv: CONTENTS. | Introduction. | Geographical description of Venezuela. Aspect of the Country and the Caribbean Sea. | State of Commercial and Colonial Intercourse. | Commerce, Foreign and Domestic. | Increase of Population. | The free Library for Caroni, South America. | List of Donors of Books, Music, &c., to the Free Library. | Clime and Produce. | Araya Peninsula, or Government Salt Works. Food Products and other useful Articles. | Forest Fruit Trees in a wild state. | Useful Trees and Grape cultivation. | Medicinal Gums and Oils. | Dye Woods. |Trees useful for manufacture, &c. | Building Stone. | Mines in Venezuelan Guayana. | The Animals useful in Venezuela. Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, and Insects. | The Grant of 240,000 square miles of Land by the Venezuelan Government to Dr. Henry M. Price and Associates. | The American Venezuelan Emigration. Circular from Secretary Ribas in Answer to Letters of Inquiry. | Copy of Charter. | Diary during the Voyage of Dr. Henry M. Price to Venezuela in a series of Letters to his Wife, and through her communicated to the Public. | Cotton growing in Venezuela. | To the Editor of the Metropolitan Record, New York, on Southern Emigration to Guayana. | Venezuela- The advantages of Emigration and comparative profit of Cotton Culture- the disinclination of Planters to engage in any other occupation (from the St. Louis Times). | For the Constitution and Union—The first or pioneer Company of American Emigrants: their arrival and reception in Venezuela. | Reception of the first Emigrants by the Governor of Guayana. | Arrival of the St. Louis Colony, &c.—How the Emigrants are pleased with the Country — The new Gold Discoveries — Cotton— The Prospects, &c. | The incentive to Emigration — Safety of Business Enterprises — Stability of the Government —Healthfulness of Climate, &c. | Confirmation of the Grant to the American Colony, &c. | Letter from Colonel J. F. Belton (a St. Louis E migrant). | Letter from Captain F. A. Johnson to Colonel F. H. Musser, Vice-President Venezuela Company. | Departure of the Schooner United States with an addition to the Colony. | Report of Special Agent (John M. Van Court). | Letter from John Lane, Jun. (From the Richmond Enquirer and Examiner) | Beauty and Luxuriance of the Country, &c. (From St. Louis Times). | Letter from Dr. Julius P. Clements to Rev. J. A. Doll of Scottsville. |A Voyage up the Orinoco — General description of the State of Guayana, &c. (By an Emigrant). | A descriptive Letter from an Emigrant Surveyor and Engineer, Francis Watkins, Esq. | Gold mines of Venezuela — Reports of their value and richness — Results of Essays by English, French, and American Mineralogists — The average yield two hundred dollars to the ton. | Conclusion.| Págs. [1]-150, B1r-L3v: THE EMIGRANT’S GUIDE | TO THE | “PRICE GRANT” IN GUAYANA, VENEZUELA. L4r: bl. L4v: ERRATA. {Entre págs. 84-85 intercalado un mapa plegado de 18 x 23 cms. titulado: AN OUTLINE MAP | OF THE | PRICE GRANT IN VENEZUELA, | 240,000 SQUARE MILES. (Fdo): W. DICKES, LITH}. {Intercalado entre págs.118- 119 un grabado en madera a plena página con el título: CIUDAD BOLIVAR}. {Al final un encarte impreso por el recto: The Chartered American, English and Venezuelan | Trading and Commercial Company}.
Colección del autor. LC F2313. P32. Yale MUDD, Latin American Venezuel Ehdd 868P. Blay 352. Sobre este tema hay una tesis titulada: Emigrant’s vade-mecum or guide to the “Price Grant” in Venezuelan Guayana (1865). [second part]: a Virginian experiment in colonization. Prepared by the personnel of the Work Projects Administration, Project no. 665- 08-3-236, A. Yedidia, supervisor, P. Radin, editor. San Francisco, California State Library, 1940. 27 cms. 76 pp. SERIES: Occasional papers. Reprint series, no. 21. “May 1940.” Representa la segunda parte (p. 85-150) de The Emigrant’s vade-mecum, originalmente publicado en London : Trubner and Co., 1868. A la cabecera del título: Sutro Branch, California State Library. Radin, Paul, 1883-1959. Written in pencil on title-page: “by M. A. Pattison.” Cfr. J. A. de Armas Chitty. Guayana, su tierra y su historia. Talleres Litotipográficos de la Dirección de Cartografía Nacional. Caracas, 1968. En vol. II. págs. 48-59 hay un capítulo dedicado a el tema de la Concesión Price.