TRAVELS IN 
BRITISH GUIANA 
DURING THE YEARS 1840-1844. 
Carried out under the Commission of 
HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA 
BY 
RICHARD SCHOM BURGK. 
Together with a Fauna and Flora of Guiana according to the 
works oj Johannes Muller, Ehrenberg, Erichson, 
Klotzsch , Frosche l, Cabanis and of here. 
Including Illustrations and a Map of British Guiana 
DRAWN UP BY 
SIR ROBERT SCIIOM BURGK. 
VOLUME ONE. 
LEIPZ 
At the Publishing House of J. J. WEBER. 
1847 . 
