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| | Hugo Larsen in the Danish West Indies 1904-07 |
 | | Perhaps the strongest manifestation of this movement was the inauguration of the Danish West Indian Company by the East Asiatic Company and the building of the three steam ships S/S St. Croix, St. Jan and St. Thomas to boost the trade between Denmark and the colonies. | | | But even in a smaller scale there was a willingness to support activities that could increase the interest in the colonies. | | | I have done what is within my power to make all contents visible in all browsers, but the layout will no longer be visible in browsers that do not support CSS. |
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http://www.tuxen.info/hugo_larsen/west_indies_biography.htm
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| | U.S Virgin Islands - Danish West Indies (1798-1842) |
| | As most of the paintings are of ships either in Danish/Norwegian waters, or of ships depicted in ports elsewhere in Europe, it does not appear correct to say that this was a flag used by the Danish in the West Indies. | | | He points out that the flag is usually shown flying on the foretopmast of the ships and that is does not fly at the stern as an ensign. | | | It would be very interesting to know the name of the ship, the location, the date the painting was made, the artist, etc. so that the flag can by analyzed further. |
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http://flagspot.net/flags/vi_dk.html
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| | WHKMLA : History of Danish West Indies, 1815-1870 |
| | In 1816 a new currency, DANSK AMERIKANSK MØNT (Danish American Coin) was introduced; in 1859 it was replaced by the DALERE, which was on par with the US Dollar. | | | In 1839 compulsory elementary schooling for both free and slave children had been decreed, although it's emplementation was not immediate. | | | In 1855, the first stamps of Danish West India were issued. |
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http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/caribbean/danvi181570.html
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| | issue24 |
| | Vic explains the mark was pressed into the sheet, as opposed to formation by a dandy roll during paper manufacture. | | | As Sy points out, examples can be found ranging from only thickening in part of the watermark (1) to clear doubling with most lines occuring twice (5). | | | Butch Arnould reports also having an example of this type. |
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http://dwi.thlogic.com/issue24.htm
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| | Danish West Indies -primusamericus.com/eng |
| | In 1917 the U.S. bought them from Denmark. | | | The U.S. Virgin Islands were originally colonized by Denmark and were known as the Danish West Indies. | | | The Danish coat of arms appears in their first stamp, above. |
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http://www.primusamericus.com/eng/dwi.htm
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| | Nordic Culture > Vestindien, The Danish West Indies - Scandinavica.com |
| | Do you want to keep informed of our updates on Nordic culture? | | | The capital of St. Croix, Christiansted, was a very cosmopolitan and busy free port. | | | The islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix, were a Danish colony for over two hundred years until they were sold to the United States of America during World War 1. |
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http://www.scandinavica.com/culture/world/vestindien.htm
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| | Danish West Indies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Croix from the French West Indies Company in 1733. | | | Rather than continue with the existing U.S. denominations or introducing the Danish kroner, the bank opted to use the Latin Monetary Union standard with francs and bits. | | | Until 1904, there was no official currency for the Danish West Indies, which had led first to the Spanish milled dollar and then the United States dollar to be used as the local currency. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_Indies
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| | Rigsarkivet informerer - The Danish West Indies |
| | From 1671 to 1754, the West India and Guinea Company was in charge of the central administration of the colony. | | | During the First World War, the islands were sold to the United States. | | | The Danish National Business Archives in Aarhus hold, among a few other archives, material from the Danish West Indian Plantation Company, 1903-1927, the St. Croix Sugar Factory, 1872-1929, and the West India Company, 1902-1983. |
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http://www.sa.dk/ra/salgservice/FOLDERE/fold35.htm
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| | Virgin Island History |
| | He sat on the board of the Danish West Indian Plantation Company, and box 13 in his private archives contains company reports and accounting statements etc. 1903-1915. | | | To ensure optimal storage conditions, the Danish National Archives have recently begun to remove photographs and the like from the archives of private individuals and institutions and to place them in the Private Archives’ Prints and Photographs Collection, where they are grouped according to the private archives from which they were taken. | | | The list is hardly exhaustive and, very possibly, many other such archives could also be of relevance to West Indian history. |
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http://www.virgin-islands-history.dk/eng/a_privat.asp
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| | Danish West Indies Bank Notes |
| | The Danish islands were purchased by the U.S. in 1917. | | | During the 17th century the islands were held at varioud times by Spain, Holland, England, France and Denmark. | | | Danish West Indies consists of the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, and 62 islets located in the Caribbean Sea 40 miles east of Puerto Rico. |
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http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Floor/5282/na/na14.html
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| | Sandafayre Stamp Auctions Stamp Atlas Danish West Indies |
| | Group of 53 islands, some of which were occupied by the Danes in 1666 and declared a colony in 1674. | | | 1855, 100 cents 1 dollar = 5 Danish kroner. | | | Has used US stamps since 1 April 1917 (Danish West Indies stamps were valid to 30 September 1917 and are known from April to September in combination with those of the USA). |
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http://www.sandafayre.com/atlas/dwinds.htm
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| | Danish West Indies on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Activists launch campaign for slave reparations in former Danish West Indies | | | A free trial at HighBeam will give you more info than you can handle. | | | CRIK: West Indies v Pakistan scoreboard at tea |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/X/X-D1anishW1e.asp
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| | Virgin Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | On both the British and the US Virgin Islands, cars are driven on the left-hand side of the road and the currency is the US dollar. | | | The sugar plantations are now gone, but the descendents of the slaves are still there, sharing a common West Indian culture with the other English-speaking islands of the Caribbean. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Islands
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Virgin Islands |
| | In 1917, the US purchased the Danish portion, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848. | | | Sugarcane, produced by slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. | | | During the 17th century, the archipelago was divided into two territorial units, one English and the other Danish. |
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vq.html
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| | Danish West Indies 1722 Census |
| | From a letter by Erik Bredal to the West Indies Company | | | There are many interesting documents like this hidden within the various records in the Danish National Archive in Copenhagen. | | | NOTE: This document (census) was first identified by George Tyson, director of the Landmark Society in St. Croix. |
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http://www.progenealogists.com/westindies/1722stjan.htm
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| | Danish West Indies |
| | Danish West Indies - Currently known as the | | | The following notes are available for your viewing pleasure! |
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http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/countries/danish_west_indies.html
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| | SASSlink: Call for Papers: Denmark and the Black Atlantic: continued |
| | The sale of the Danish West Indies/the Virgin Islands to the United States in 1917 | | | Subjects might include, but are not confined to, the following: | | | Comparative approaches to New World slavery in the Danish West Indies and elsewhere (the British West Indies, the United States, etc.) |
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http://www.byu.edu/sasslink/announce/blackAtlantic2.html
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| | Antique Danish West Indies Tall Post Bed - Leonards |
| | The original Crotch Mahogany panel headboard is wide enough for standard queen size bedding. | | | This Bed was made in this country but in the West Indies Style. | | | Antique Danish West Indies Tall Post Bed - Leonards |
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http://www.leonardsdirect.com/antiques/view/details/itemid/894
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| | Slave Society in the Danish West Indies by Neville A.T. Hall, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 0801844738 |
| | Covering the entire period of slavery in the territory--from 1671 to 1848--Hall focuses on slave rebellion andresistance and discusses the legislative system introduced to control the slave population. | | | He also examines the life of the freedman, the complex relationship between cultural and linguistic development on the islands; and the unusually cosmopolitan character of the slaveowning class. | | | Slave Society in the Danish West Indies by Neville A.T. Hall, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 0801844738 |
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http://www.bookfinder4u.com/detail/0801844738.html
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| | Danish West Indies |
| | Note: If others wish to add records or extracts of records for either of the three islands or any estate on the island, we will add buttons for these places on the left. | | | Additional Danish West Indies links can be found by clicking on the button at the top. | | | This Internet site is to help genealogists research Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin Islands) sources. |
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http://www.progenealogists.com/westindies
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| | Caribbean Genealogy - Resources - Danish West Indies |
| | Above information extracted from USVI Location Microfiche Catalogue #0001. | | | USVI was a Danish Colony from 1754 to 1917 | | | Note: Full list of the US Virgin Island Danish Census films from the LDSFHL catalogue. |
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http://www.candoo.com/genresources/danishwi.htm
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| | Find in a Library: The purchase of the Danish West Indies. |
| | Find in a Library: The purchase of the Danish West Indies. | | | WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries. |
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http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/7e19c0119de23ddb.html
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| | Danish West Indies to Scotland 12/29/64 |
| | West Indies packet services from 1851 to 1885. | | | The Danish West Indies are a group of 53 islands, | | | There is a single St. Thomas British Post Office PAID CDS.* |
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http://www.stampwhiz.com/122964.html
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| | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| | 12 Dec 1916 Purchased by U.S. 31 Mar 1917 U.S. sovereignty; end of Danish administration. | | | 1756 Part of the Danish West Indies (s.a.), separate | | | 25 May 1672 Danish rule on St. Thomas. |
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http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Virgin_Islands.html
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| | Berman's Postal History DANISH WEST INDIES |
| | 1889 postal Card: 3c carmine pmk 'St Thomas &; 12.9.89' to K'hagen - long message on back in Danish. |
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http://www.berman.co.uk/acatalog/Postal_History_DANISH_WEST_INDIES_291.html
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| | Danish West Indies |
| | It only deals with the first issue of D.W.I. Add it to your vast holdings, if you will. | | | I've sent you a treatise on what used to be the Danish West Indies, now known as the US Virgin Islands. |
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http://www.firstissues.org/forum/index.php?topic=91.0
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| | AllRefer.com - Danish West Indies (Haiti History) - Encyclopedia |
| | Danish West Indies: see Virgin Islands of the United States. | | | AllRefer.com - Danish West Indies (Haiti History) - Encyclopedia | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Haiti History > Danish West Indies |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/X/X-DanishWe.html
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| | Danish West Indies to United States 07/11/74 |
| | Mayaguez is on the west coast of Porto Rico. | | | the British Post Office in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. | | | There is a single PAID CDS for Mayaquez. |
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http://www.stampwhiz.com/071174.html
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| | Comparative Philately Index |
| | Links Index Click on a stamp for forgeries or a title for larger images. | | | Danish WesT Indies 1874 - 1901 (Scott #5 - 20) |
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http://members.tripod.com/claghorn1p/DanishWestIndies
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| | Danish West Indies |
| | Old picture postcards of the U.S. Virgin Islands, formerly Danish West Indies, comprising the islands of St Croix, St Thomas, St John. |
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http://www.pennymead.com/WIPostcards/ppcDWI.htm
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