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DOMINICAN MISSION. Gouden jubileum der Dominikaner missie op Curaçao W.I. 1870-1920. Ter dankbare herinnering door eenige missionarissen bewerkt. Nijmegen, Centrale Drukkerij, (1920). Half cloth. With maps and many photographic illustrations. XII,193 pp. [Boeknr.: 24037 ]

€ 30,00

DRAKE, Francis. Drie voornaame zee-togten van Franciscus Draak, na America, door de Suyd-Zee en vervolgens rond-om den geheelen aard-kloot gedaan, in't jaar 1577 en vervolgens. Behelsende een naauwkeurige beschrijving der kusten van die gewesten, veele bysondere voor-vallen, en aanmerkelijke saaken. Op ordre van den admiraal beschreeven, door een sijner reys-gesellen; nu alder-eerst uyt het Engels vertaald. Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1706.Sm.8vo. Later half calf. With engraved title-vignette, folding map and 5 engraved folding plates. 45, (3) pp. Issued in Pieter van der Aa's collection of voyages. - Famous accounts of the three voyages of the English seafarer and pirate Sir Francis Drake (ca. 1540-1596) to America and the West Indies. Including the first circumnavigation of the globe by an Englishman. - (Soiled).Tiele 5; Cat. NHSM I, p.107; Howgego p.322; not in Sabin or European Americana. [Boeknr.: 33370 ]

€ 950,00

DUTCH ANTILLES. Eerste - zesde jaarlijksch verslag van het GESCHIED-, TAAL-, LAND-, EN VOLKENKUNDIG GENOOTSCHAP, gevestigd te Willemstad, Curaçao. 1897-1903. Reprint. Amsterdam, S. Emmering, 1985. 2 volumes. Wrappers (sl. dam.). Contains: Een veel bewogen tijdperk. (Een achttal jaren uit de geschiedenis van Curaçao 1796-1804; A. Valk. The celebration of the queen's accession at St. Eustatius; J.H.J. Hamelberg. Jan Erasmus Reining; Idem. Tobago. Een vergeten Nederlandsche kolonie; etc. [Boeknr.: 6810 ]

€ 35,00

DUTCH ANTILLES. Eerste - zesde jaarlijksch verslag van het GESCHIED-, TAAL-, LAND-, EN VOLKENKUNDIG GENOOTSCHAP, gevestigd te Willemstad, Curaçao. Amsterdam, J.H. de Bussy, 1887- 1903. 6 volumes. Original printed wrappers (spines with tape). All published. - With stamp of the library of Dutch parliament. - Annual report of the History, Language, Land- and Ethnological Society, established in Willemstad. [Boeknr.: 36829 ]

€ 150,00

DUTCH ANTILLES. Oranje en de zes Caraibische parelen. Officieel gedenkboek ter gelegenheid van het gouden regeringsjubileum van Koningin Wilhelmina 1898 - 31 augustus - 1948. Amsterdam, J.H. de Bussy, 1948. Large 4to. Cloth, with dust-jacket (sl. soiled). With coloured maps and many photographic illustrations. 532 pp. Ample describtions of the Netherlands Antilles with contributions by A.J.C. Krafft, P.A. Kasteel, N. van Meeteren, W.J. Goslinga, M.D. Latour, B. de Gaay Fortman, etc. [Boeknr.: 22837 ]

€ 65,00

EDWARDS, Bryan. The history, civil and commercial of the British colonies in the West Indies. London, J. Stockdale, 1793-18013 volumes + atlas. 4to. Contemporary uniform calf, gilt fillets round sides, spines gilt with red and green morocco title-labels (spines sl. rubbed and top of spines sl. dam.; atlas volume rebacked with the original spine laid down). With engraved portrait, 2 engraved maps (1 folding) and 3 engraved plates; atlas volume: engraved frontispiece (Sable Venus), large folding map of the West Indies in 2 sheets, 6 engraved plates and 8 engraved maps (1 folding). XXXVI,494; 500; XX,443 pp. Volume I - II first edition, volume III third enlarged edition, with the atlas volume issued with the second edition (the fine maps and plates were not issued with the first edition). - The author was a West India merchant who spent much of his youth in Jamaica and later travelled extensively throughout the West Indies. 'Standard for over a century, and still in many respects the best book on the subject up to the close of the 18th century ... Of immeasurable value for contemporary conditions, showing the state of affairs after the American war and before the abolition of the traffic in blacks' (Ragatz III, p.165). Volume III contains: An historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo: comprehending an account of the revolt of the negroes in the year 1791. - A classic of Caribbean literature and the best description of the erea in the eighteenth century. - (Some marginal wormholes at the end of vol. II not effecting the text). - A fine set.Sabin 21901; Cox II, p.228; Howgego p.345 'containing a wealth of information'. [Boeknr.: 1548 ]

€ 2450,00

ELLIS, J.W., M.P. GORSIRA & F.C.J. NUYTEN. De zelfstandigheid der eilandgebieden. Een bijdrage tot herziening der eilandenregeling Nederlandse Antillen. Curaçao, (1954). Wrappers. 240 pp. [Boeknr.: 6743 ]

€ 45,00

ENGELS, Chris J. & J. van de WALLE. Klein-Venetië. Curaçao in vroeger dagen. Een briefwisseling tussen Chris J. Engels en J. van de Walle en een beeldverhaal. 's Hertogenbosch, Aldus, 1990. 8vo. Wrappers. With many photographic illustrations. 320 pp. [Boeknr.: 36949 ]

€ 20,00

EQUIANO, Olaudah. Equiano's reizen. De autobiografie van een negerslaaf. (Uitgegeven door) Paul Edwards. Haarlem, Fibula-Van Dishoeck, (1977). Wrappers. With illustrations. 114 pp. Curious autobiography by Olauda Equiano, born in Eboe (Benin) in 1745 and sold into slavery as a boy. A classic work of black writing including an account of the wreck of the slaver Nancy in the Bahamas. [Boeknr.: 20596 ]

€ 15,00

EVANS, P.G.H. Birds of the eastern Caribbean. (London, Macmillan, 1990). Wrappers. With many coloured illustrations. VI,162 pp. [Boeknr.: 30556 ]

€ 15,00

(FLANNIGAN, Mrs). (mrs. LANAGHAN). Antigua and the Antiguans: a full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day, interspersed with anecdotes and legends. Also an impartial view of slavery and the free labour systems; the statistics of the island, and biographical notices of the principal families. London, Saunders and Otley, 1844.2 volumes. Original embossed cloth (back vol. II soiled), spines gilt. XIV,345, + Erratum slip); VIII,355 pp. First edition. - . The writer was an English lady, for many years resident in the colony both before and after emancipation. The historical part is written in annalistic form, by governors, and is interspersed with local legends. Colonial records were consulted to some extent for the latter period. Its chief value is as a mirror of contemporary Caribbean society and for this, it is invaluable. An infinite variety of subjects is handied in a sprightly, well-informed, and sympathetic manner. Unsurpassed for the general state of Antigua after the close of the slave régime. Genealogies of the topping families will be found in the appendix (Ragatz p.224). - One of the best early accounts of Antigua. - Scarce entertaining work.Sabin 1693; The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 870; Theakstone p.99. [Boeknr.: 36758 ]

€ 850,00

FRANCK, Harry A. Roaming through the West Indies. New York, The Century Co., 1923.Original pictorial cloth. With photographic plates by the author. XIV,486 pp. On Cuba, Haiti, Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, etc. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 31782 ]

€ 35,00

FRENCH, George. The history of Col. Parke's administration whilst he was captain-general and chief governor of the Leeward Islands; with an account of the rebellion in Antegoa: wherein he, with several others, were murther'd on the 7th of December 1710. London, 1717.Sm.8vo. Period style blindtooled calf. With engraved portrait of Daniel Parke. (12),427 pp. First edition. - Parke encountered the greatest difficulty in trying to impose colonial rule on the independent British plantation owners of Antigua, Nevis, and St. Kitts, and was finally murdered for his efforts. French defends Parke's actions while governor of the Leeward Islands from 1708 to 1710, and gives many details of lawsuits, depositions, etc. Sabin 25860; Beineckle Lesser Antilles Collection 134; European Americana 717/64. [Boeknr.: 36711 ]

€ 450,00

GAAY FORTMAN, B. de. Aantekeningen omtrent een verblijf op Curaçao in 1825 en 1826. (No pl., ca. 1948). Folio. Wrappers. 30 pp. [Boeknr.: 36970 ]

€ 20,00

GIBBES, F.E., N.C. RÖMER-KENEPA, M.A.SCRIWANEK. De Curaçaoënaar in de geschiedenis 1499-2010. Willemstad, 2015. Wrappers. With many photographic illustrations. 287 pp. [Boeknr.: 36939 ]

€ 45,00

GILL, Ronald G. Een eeuw architectuur op Curaçao. De architectuur en stedenbouw van de twintigste eeuw op Curaçao. Curaçao, Stichting Het Curaçaosch Museum, 1999. 4to. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With many photographic illustrations (sveral in colours). 152 pp. [Boeknr.: 36924 ]

€ 65,00

GLATZ, J. Merkwaardige reizen in en door vreemde werelddeelen, ingerigt naar de vatbaarheid der jeugd. Naar het Hoogduitsch. Deel II: Iets over Indianen in Amerika, en de Karaïben in West - Indië. 4e druk. Amsterdam, Wed. M.H. Helmig, 1831.Sm.8vo. Original marbled boards. With 4 handcoloured engraved plates. 217 pp. Volume 2 only dealing with the Indians in America and the Caribs in the West Indies. [Boeknr.: 36639 ]

€ 65,00

GOILO, E.R. Gramatica Papiamentu. Curaçao, Hollandsche Boekhandel, 1953. Wrappers. 171 pp. [Boeknr.: 36912 ]

€ 65,00

GOSLINGA, C.Ch. Curaçao and Guzmán Blanco. A case study of small power politics in the Caribbean. 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1975. Wrappers. VI,143 pp. - (VKI). [Boeknr.: 30529 ]

€ 30,00

GOSLINGA, C.Ch. The Dutch in the Caribbean and in Surinam 1791/5 - 1942. Assen, Van Gorcum, 1990. Cloth, with dust-jacket. XII,812 pp. It gives the history of these regions from the demise of the Dutch West India Company in 1791 and of the Society of Surinam in 1795 up through 1942. [Boeknr.: 4813 ]

€ 65,00

GOSLINGA, C.Ch. The Dutch in the Caribbean and on the Wild Coast 1580-1680. Assen, Van Gorcum & Comp., 1971. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 12 maps and 15 plates. XVI,647 pp. In the years from 1580 to 1680 the Dutch played an important role in the Caribbean and Surinam, culminating around 1640 when the West India Company got control of the main West African slave centers and Curaçao became a slave market for the Caribbean. [Boeknr.: 6521 ]

€ 95,00

GOSLINGA, C.Ch. A short history of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1979. Wrappers. X,198 pp. [Boeknr.: 6707 ]

€ 20,00

GREEN, William A. British slave emancipation. The sugar colonies and the Great Experiment 1830-1865. Oxford, Clarendon Press, (1991). Wrappers. X,449 pp. Outstanding work on the British West Indies. [Boeknr.: 32556 ]

€ 30,00

GRENADA & TOBAGO. Achste coupon. Op den 1. Mey 1782 zal door Mr. Hendrik vander Mey Justuszoon, als directeur eener negociatie van 275000,- op vier plantagien, in de eilanden Grenada en Tobago, tegen intrekking van dit coupon, betaald worden 50,- Hollandsch. 's Gravenhage, den 1. Mey 1774. Denomination of four plantations on the islands of Grenada and Tobago, signed by Vander Mey. Ca. 5 x 20,5 cm. [Boeknr.: 30723 ]

€ 65,00

GRENADA. The Grenada handbook, directory and almanac for the year 1927. Twenty-fourth year of issue. Compiled by the Colonial Secretary. Grenada, published by the Government of Grenada, 1927.Sm.8vo. Original half cloth. With portrait of Frederick Seton James, governor of he Windward Islands, and folding map of the island of Grenada. VII, 334 pp. [Boeknr.: 36710 ]

€ 95,00

GROL, G.J. van. De grondpolitiek in het W.I. domein der Generaliteit. Een historische studie. ('s Gravenhage, 1934-47). Reprint. (Amsterdam, S. Emmering, 1980). 3 volumes in 1. Wrappers. 155; 340; 52 pp. [Boeknr.: 6522 ]

€ 25,00

GUILLERMIN, Gilbert. Précis historique des derniers événemens de la partie de l'est de Saint-Domingue, depuis le 10 aout 1808, jusqu'a la capitulation de Santo-Domingo. Avec des notes historiques, politiques et statistiques sur cette partie; des réflextions sur l'Amérique septentrionale et des considérations sur l'Amérique méridionale, et sur la restauration de Saint-Domingue. Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, 1811.Modern half vellum (New, Binder, Eton), with two red morocco labels to spine, top edge gilt. With engraved portrait frontispiece of General Ferrand, engraved folding view of ruins of the old palace of Christopher Columbus and engraved folding map, coloured by hand. 494 pp. First edition. - Rare description of the successful rebellion of a group of Spanish landowners and the Haïtian population against French rule. Specific historical events of the last part of Eastern Santo Domingo from August 10, 1808, through to Santo Domingo's capitulation in 1811. - (Age-browned).Sabin 29234; Leclerc, 1387. [Boeknr.: 28506 ]

€ 950,00

GURNEY, Joseph John. A winter in the West Indies, described in familiar letters to Henry Clay of Kentucky. London, John Murray, 1840.Original cloth (rebacked). With engraved frontispiece (Sligoville - Jamaica) and engraved plate (Brownstown - Jamaica) (both stained). XVI,282 pp. First edition; with autograph dedication by the author. - Letters of the celebrated Quaker Gurney (1788-1847) about the consequences of the abolition of slavery in the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, St. Thomas, Antigua, etc.), wellcomed by the author as a great benefaction. A large part of the work is devoted to a close description of Jamaica. Includes also a chapter on the Cuban slave trade, in which U.S. capital is involved. - (Age-browned).Sabin 29312; Hogg 2654; Work p.268; The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 853; Not in Ragatz. [Boeknr.: 22855 ]

€ 295,00

HALL, Edward T. The Spanish Main; or, thirty days on the Caribbean. Buffalo, The Courier Company, 1888.Original pictorial green gilt cloth. With illustrations from the author's photographs, engraved by Julia M. Hall. 130 pp. Including a.o. a large description of Curaçao with fine engraved views. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 36813 ]

€ 175,00

HALLIDAY, Andrew. The West Indies: the natural and physical history of the Windward and Leeward colonies; with some account of the moral, social, and political, conditions of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the abolition of negro slavery. London, John William Parker, 1837.Later half calf, spine gilt, original boards with floral motifs. With 3 folding maps (general map of the West Indies, geological map of Barbados, and map of the Guyanas), and a folding table of products of Trinidad. VIII,408; (12) pp. First edition. - The author was a deputy inspector general of army hospitals, sent to the West Indies in the fall of 1838. He was stationed in Barbados, British Guiana, and Trinidad during the course of the next two yerars, and saw Tobago en route to the latter for one day. He describes each of these colonies and discourses on its history, government, the religious situation, etc. (Ragatz p.225). Sabin 29899; Beinecke Collection 830; Afro-Americana 4505. [Boeknr.: 36604 ]

€ 950,00

HAMELBERG, J.H.J. Documenten behoorende bij 'De Nederlanders op de West-Indische eilanden'. Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba. Amsterdam, J.H. de Bussy, 1901-1909 . 2 volumes. Original printed wrappers (spines damaged). 215 pp. Bijdrage tot de jaarverslagen van het Geschied-, Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkundig Genootschap der Nederlandsche Antillen. [Boeknr.: 36928 ]

€ 45,00

HANDLER, Jerome S. The unappropriated people: freedmen in the slave society of Barbados. (1800-1834). Baltimore, The John Hopkins University Press, (1974). Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. XII,225 pp. [Boeknr.: 20345 ]

€ 30,00

HARDERS, Casper Lucas. Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Curaçao-aloë en van hare opsporing. Delft, W.D. Meinema, 1940. Wrappers. 200 pp. - (Thesis). [Boeknr.: 36926 ]

€ 30,00

HART, Wim ter. Curaçao in vogelvlucht. Curaçao, Hart's Camera, 1971. Boards, with dust-jacket . With 2 maps and 212 photographic plates. [Boeknr.: 36917 ]

€ 95,00

HARTERT, Ernst. Aus den Wanderjahren eines Naturforschers. Reisen und Forschungen in Afrika, Asien und Amerika, nebst daran anknüpfenden, meist ornithologischen Studien. Berlin, London, 's Gravenhage, 1901-1902.8vo. Original cloth, top edge gilt. With 3 maps and 10 plates. XIII,329 pp. First edition. - Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (1859 - 1933) was a widely published German ornithologist. He was employed by Walter Rothschild as ornithological curator of Rothschild's private Natural History Museum at Tring, in England from 1892 to 1929. He travelled in India, Africa, and South America on behalf of his employer. He visited Sudan, the Canary Islands, Sumatra, Malacca and India, the Caribbean, Morocco and Tenerife. - A fine copy.Henze II, p.464. [Boeknr.: 36814 ]

€ 275,00

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