West, Hans:

$2,750 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

BIDREG TIL BESKRIVELSE OVER STE CROIX MED EN KORT UDSIGT OVER ST. THOMAS, ST. JEAN, TORTOLA, SPANISHTOWN OG CRABENEILAND. A rare Danish account of what are now the American and British Virgin Islands. West was rector of the West Indian School and Institute in Copenhagen, and at a different time director of public education on St. Croix. This book describes his investigations of St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda. "This book of facts about the island's flora and fauna, agriculture, and trade was repeatedly quoted by later authors" - Robert Graff. The NUC locates only seven copies. Not in the Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection at Hamilton College.

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