Extracts from despatches by Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande to the directors of the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch West India Company, 1738-72, selected to illustrate the rise and expansion of the colony, with a detailed introduction. This volume covers the period May 1760 to September 1772; for the period up to 15 March 1760, see the preceding volume (Second Series 26), with which the pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1911.