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‎The Island‎

‎Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix i America i Vest=Indien. (i.e. English: ""Description of the Island of St. Croix in America in the West Indies""). - [EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF ST. CROIX UNDER DANISH RULE]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, L.H. Lillies Enke, 1758. 4to (203 x 160mm). In a very nice contemporary half calf binding with five raised bands and gilt ornamentation to spine. Lower compartment of spine with some loss of leather. Marbled boards with wear. End-papers renewed but with near contemporary paper. Previous owner's name to title-page. Internally very nice and clean. 72 pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first edition of the first printed account of the island of St. Croix under Danish rule. It contain descriptions of the geology, topography and natural history and present detailed descriptions of sugar cultivation and production and the conditions of the slaves. Haagensen settled on the island immediately after Danish occupation (1733) as plantation owner and Danish official. In 1725, St. Thomas Governor Frederik Moth encouraged the Danish West Indies Company's directors to consider purchasing Saint Croix (then known as Santa Cruz). On 15 June 1733, France and Denmark-Norway concluded a treaty by which the Danish West India Company bought Saint Croix for 750,000 livres. Louis XV ratified the treaty on 28 June, and received half the payment in French coins, with the remaining half paid in 18 months. On 16 November 1733, Moth was named the first Danish governor of Saint Croix. The 1742 census lists 120 sugar plantations, 122 cotton plantations, and 1906 slaves, compared to 360 whites on the island. By 1754, the number of slaves had grown to 7,566. That year, King Frederick took direct control of Saint Croix from the company. For nearly 200 years, Saint Croix, St. Thomas and St. John were known as the Danish West Indies. By the mid to late 18th century, ""at the peak of the plantation economy, the enslaved population of Saint Croix numbered between 18,000 and 20,000, the white population ranging between 1,500 and 2,000"". (Loftsdóttir, Kristin, and Gísli Pálsson, ""Black on White: Danish Colonialism, Iceland and the Caribbean""). In 1916, Denmark sold Saint Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John to the United States, formalizing the transfer in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, in exchange for a sum of US$25 million in gold. Sabin 29406 Reid 98 Bibl. Danica III, 647.‎

‎[ Manuscript Document sealed by John Rousseau, dated 13 th of January 1892 ] "To all to whom theses presents shall come I John Alexander Rousseau of the Town of Port of Spain in the Island of Trinidad in the British West Indies Notary Public by Royal Authority duly admitted and sworn to practise in and for the Island of Trinidad and for all other Her Majesty's Foreign Colonies Territories and Dominions duly enregistered in the Highland of Chancery in England do hereby certify that David Barnes Horsford is the Registrar General of the said Island of Trinidad and as such he has in his possession the Register of Deaths in the said Island and that the signature "David B. Horsford" set and subscribed at the foot of the paper writing annexed marked "a" is of the proper handwriting of the said David Barnes Horsford"...‎

‎1 pièce de 4 pages format 34 x21 cm. (une page manuscrite), avec le sceau du Notaire Public‎

‎Bon état.‎

‎Rare books A collection of species of localities on the island of Valaama drawn‎

‎"Rare books A collection of species of localities on the island of Valaama drawn from nature by the artist P.I. Balashov. Published by the diligence of Abbot Damaskin and the fraternity of rice on the stone of P. Balashov. St. Petersburg: Pech. I. Lapping; Type. I.P. Bogdanov/ Redkie knigi Sobranie vidov mestnostey ostrova Valaama risovannykh s natury khudozhnikom P.I. Balashovym. Izdannoe userdiem igumena Damaskina s bratiey ris. na kamne P. Balashov. SPb.: Pech. I. Lapping; Tip. I.P. Bogdanova/Short description: Rare books A collection of species of localities on the island of Valaama drawn from nature by the artist P.I. Balashov. Published by the diligence of Abbot Damaskin and the fraternity of rice on the stone of P. Balashov. St. Petersburg: Pech. I. Lapping; Type. I.P. Bogdanov 1863. Lit. title 4 p. 26 liturgical text. 33.5 - 47.5 cm. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUbd-7bbcafe492e7b7d7"‎

‎The History of Mauritius or the Isle of France, and the Neighbouring Island from their First Discovery to the Present Time; Composed principally from the Papers and Memoirs of Baron Grant, who resided twenty years in the Island, by his Son, Charles Grant, Viscount de Vaux‎

‎London, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row, St. James's, for the Author and Sold by G. and W. Nicol, and J. Wright, and B. Uphill, 1801, First Edition. 1 volume, in4, 571 pp., 3 large folding maps (Map of the Island of Mauritius or Ile de France, Plan of Port Louis and a Chart of the Great Ethiopian Archipelago), half-calf binding, marbled boards. Includes the list of subscribers. First detailed book in English on Mauritius. An excellent copy, fresh and crispy. With a stamp: Constitutional Club Library: The Gift of the Right Honorable Lord Colchester, 1887.‎

‎Map of Japan and the island of Kuril Liu Kiu south of Sakhalin Island. Scale 40‎

‎Map of Japan and the island of Kuril Liu Kiu south of Sakhalin Island. Scale 40 miles in inch. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Karta Yaponiya i o-va Kurilskiy Liu-Kiu yuzhn.chast o.Sakhalin. Masshtab 40 verst v dyuyme.1921. 65x200 sm. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbdf6d7483227e54b4‎