Author: H. D Clarke; V.A. Funk; T. Hollowell
Publisher: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Keywords: plant, diversity, guyana, forest, iwokrama, comparative, checklist, investigate, using, checklists, collections, data
Number of Pages: 86
Published: 2001-05-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1889878073
ISBN-13: 9781889878072

Author: Balwant Bhagwandin
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: guyana
Number of Pages: 78
Published: 2003-08-25
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0595292143
ISBN-13: 9780595292141

Whereas Balwant BhagwandinÂ’s wild flowers was a gathering of thoughts and emotions, i hear guyana cry!, his second book of poetry, focuses on the destruction that is being visited upon his native land and its people. These poems speak of the agony from the mayhem and madness of yet another ‘TurdÂ’ World country on the brink of a ‘failed stateÂ’ the like of Somalia and Liberia with warlords and child-soldiers, drug lords and their phantom enforcers and outright criminals instituting a reign of terror on the populace. ‘This is a tragedy of calamitous proportion!Ââ€

Author: Bob Temple
Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
Keywords: america, south, guyana
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2009-01-02
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1422207048
ISBN-13: 9781422207048

Located along the northeast coast of South America, Guyana is the only English-speaking nation on the continent. Most of the country’s 800,000 people, the majority of whom are of East Indian, African, or mixed descent, live along the swampy coastal plain in the north. This tropical land of sugar plantations, settled by the Dutch in the early 1600s, received its name from the Indian word Guiana, meaning "land of water." Later a colony of the United Kingdom, it gained independence in 1966. Despite the country’s fertile land and rich mineral deposits, Guyana is one of the poorest coun

Author: Kirk Smock
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guide
Keywords: guide, travel, bradt, guyana
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-02-26
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 1841622230
ISBN-13: 9781841622231

South America’s often overlooked English-speaking country lies far off the well-trodden tourist path. Guyana is the ideal destination for the discerning visitor seeking adventure. Within its vast interior, the Guiana Shield (one of the four pristine tropical rainforests left in the world) converges with the Amazon Basin, creating a unique geography composed of coastal waters, mangroves, marshes, savannas, mountains and tropical rainforests.Bordered by Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname and the Atlantic Ocean, the lively locals – a melting pot of East Indian and African descendants, peppered with

Authors:Dennis Watson, Christine Craig,
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: crossroads, guyana
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1560006439
ISBN-13: 9781560006435

Author: International Travel mapsInternational Travel map
Publisher: International Travel maps
Keywords: map, travel, reference, guiana, surinam, guyana, guianas, french
Number of Pages: 1
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 1895907683
ISBN-13: 9781895907681

Map of Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana with portions of Brazil and Venezuela. Elevations shown by color changes and numbers on map. Legend locates international and district boundaries; legal border crossing points; settlements from major cities to villages; roads from primary roads to cart tracks/trails; railways; bus stations; car rental; ferry routes; airports; Indian reserves; tourist information centers; embassies; public overseas telephones; medical facilities; banks; post offices; gas stations; mines; oil derricks; dams, canals, and other hydrography; camping/accommodations; parks an