Will Degrouchy & William L. Magee - Jungle Gold. Van de goudvelden in Suriname. Geannoteerd en [...] inleiding door Ir. Frans C. Bubberman

Will Degrouchy & William L. Magee - Jungle Gold. Van de goudvelden in Suriname. Geannoteerd en voorzien van een inleiding door Ir. Frans C. Bubberman - Zutphen - De Walburg Pers - 1985 - 1st edition - 160 pp - Cloth binding with dust jacket - 21 x 28,5 cm.

Condition: Good.

Dutch translation of Jungle Gold. Dad Pedrick's Story (1930) Commissioned by the Suriname Aluminum Company (SURALCO). Illustrated with photos in black and white and (a few) in colour. Text in Dutch and English. Bound edition [Series 'Suriname en zijn historie'].

¶ Compelling account of the attempts of the American adventurer and engineer Howard A. Pedrick (1863-1941) to set up gold mining on the banks of the Maroni River in Suriname at the end of the 19th century, around 1900, with the help of a railway through the jungle. The book deals i.a. with the bush negroes, the birds, jaguars, insects and poisonous snakes.