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Hans West's accounts of St. Croix in the West Indies / Arnold R. Highfield, ed. ; Nina York, translator.

Title
Hans West's accounts of St. Croix in the West Indies / Arnold R. Highfield, ed. ; Nina York, translator.
Author
West, Hans, 1758-1811
Publication
St. Thomas, V.I. : Virgin Islands Humanities Council, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Highfield, Arnold R.
  • York, Nina.
Description
xxxiii, 268 p.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Sources in Danish West Indian and U.S. Virgin Islands History
Uniform Title
  • Beretning om det danske eiland St. Croix Westindien. English
  • Documentary sources in Danish West Indian and U.S. Virgin Islands history
Alternative Title
  • Beretning om det danske eiland St. Croix Westindien.
  • Accounts of St. Croix in the West Indies
  • St. Croix in the West Indies
  • Report on the Danish Island of St. Croix in the West Indies from the month of June, 1789 to the end of June, 1790.
  • Contribution to a description of St. Croix with a brief overview of St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, Spanishtown and Crab Island.
Subject
  • West, Hans, 1758-1811
  • Natural history > United States Virgin Islands > Saint Croix
  • Natural history > United States Virgin Islands
  • Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands) > History
  • United States Virgin Islands > History
  • Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands) > Economic conditions > History
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • This work includes two writings by Hans West. First, his article: Berentning om det danske Eiland St. Croix i Vestinden fra junii maaned 1789 til maaneds udgang, 1790, Copenhagen, (1791). Second, his book: Bidrag til Beskrivelse over Ste. Croix med en Kort Udsigt over St. Thomas, St. Jean, Tortola, Spanishtown og Crabeneiland, Copenhagen, (1793).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
First book: The report on the Danish Island of St. Croix in the West Indies from the month of June, 1789 to the end of June, 1790 -- second book: Contribution to a description of St. Croix with a brief overview of St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, Spanishtown and Crab Island -- pt. 1. About the inhabitants of St. Croix -- pt. 2 On the lifestyle and the economy -- pt. 3. Natural history and the adjacent lands.
ISBN
  • 1886007039
  • 9781886007031
OCLC
  • 61515778
  • SCSB-10395067
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library