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Encyclopedia > Robert Hermann Schomburgk

Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (June 5, 1804 - March 11, 1865), British traveller, was born at Freiburg, Prussian Saxony, the son of a Protestant minister. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) with about 214,000 inhabitants. ... The Province of Saxony (German: Provinz Sachsen) was a Prussian province from 1816 until 1947. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...


In 1829 he went to the United States, but in 1830 left for Anegada, one of the Virgin Isles. He surveyed the island at his own expense, and sent to the Royal Geographical Society, London, a report which created such an impression that, in 1835, he was entrusted by that body with the conduction of an exploring expedition to British Guiana. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Unlike the other British Virgin Islands, Anegada is a flat atoll. ... National motto: The Land, The People, The Light Official language English Political status Non-sovereign, Overseas territory of the UK Capital Road Town Governor Tom Macan Chief minister Orlando Smith Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 176th 153 km² 1. ... The Royal Geographical Society is a learned society, founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical science, under the patronage of King William IV. It absorbed the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (founded by Joseph Banks in... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... British Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana. ...


He fulfilled his mission with great success, incidentally discovering the Victoria Regia lily. In 1841 he returned to Guiana to survey the colony and fix the boundary for the British Government. The result was the provisional boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela known as the "Schomburgk Line." take you to calendar). ...


On his return to England he was knighted. In 1848 he was appointed British consul to Santo Domingo, and, in 1857, British consul to Bangkok. While holding these posts he continued his geographical surveys. He retired from the public service in 1864, and died at Berlin on March 11, 1865. He was the author of a Description of British Guiana and a History of Barbados. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... translate Inside the colonial city, the first citadel (Fortaleza Ozama), the first hospital (hospital de San Nicolás de Bari), the first cathedral (catedral de Santo Domingo), and the first monastery (Monasterio de San Francisco) in the Western Hemisphere were built. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Wat Phra Kaew temple Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep ( (help· info)), or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon ( (help· info), IPA: ), is the capital and largest city of Thailand, with an official 1990 census population of 8,538,610. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...


This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...


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Schomburgk to Governor Light, February 28, 1842 - Respecting the attitude of the Brazilian authorities.
Schomburgk to Lord Stanley (Secretary of State for the Colonies), November 1, 1844 - Reporting the practical completion of the general map of the surveys, and remarking on his personal services.
Schomburgk to Lord Stanley, December 26, 1844 - Transmitting his general map and a Memorandum as to the line of boundary mentioned in negotiating with Venezuela.
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