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"Stedman, John Gabrie"

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 Stedman, John Gabriel (detail)
   
1796
Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777: elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea.
London, J. Johnson & J. Edwards (2 vols.): Vol. 2: Illus.
–Allen 444. Various later eds. & transls. Reprs.: Barre (Mass.), Imprint Soc., 1971 (2 vols.); Amherst (Mass.), Univ. Massachusetts, 1972 (1 vol.). Describes the near-capsizing of a boat, supposedly by a manatee (1: 221), and gives a tolerably accurate description and illustration of a manatee encountered in Surinam (2: 175-176, pl. facing 176). Stedman also mentions "mermaids" described to him, which he takes to be fish, though his description of them better fits manatees (2: 177). Also mentions the natives' fear of the "Watra Mama", but offers no identification of it (2: 178). In 1971 & 1972 eds., sir. material at 121-122, 316-317.
Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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