{"product_id":"expedition-to-surinam-folio-society-201","title":"Expedition to Surinam","description":"\u003cp\u003eExpedition to Surinam by Captain John Gabriel Stedman. Edited and abridged by Christopher Bryant. 12 leaves of engravings from the earliest edition (some made by William Blake). Full pale yellow canvas binding with an illustrative design in green. Endleaves with a map in dark green. 25.3x16 cm. 242pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of an Expedition to Surinam records his experiences in the Dutch colony of Surinam during the 1770s, where he served with troops fighting Maroon communities of escaped enslaved people. His account describes military campaigns, tropical landscapes, colonial society and the brutal realities of slavery. It is an important, complex eyewitness source for the history of Surinam, Atlantic slavery and European colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216383295827,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421102227795,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/expedition-to-surinam-folio-society-201","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}