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During the three centuries after their first settlement, the Virgin Islands were captured and held by six European nations before they were finally purchased from Denmark in 1917 by the United States.

Image ID: 1226115

During the three centuries after their first settlement, the Virgin Islands were captured and held by six European natio... (1926)

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Image Title

: During the three centuries after their first settlement, the Virgin Islands were captured and held by six European nations before they were finally purchased from Denmark in 1917 by the United States.

Additional Name(s)

: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924 -- Author

Medium

: Halftone photomechanical prints

Specific Material Type

: Photomechanical prints

Item/Page/Plate

: facing page 287

Source

: Lands of the Caribbean : the Canal Zone, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, and the Virgin Islands / by Frank G. Carpenter.

Source Description

: xiv, 305 p. : plates, ports., map ; 24 cm.

Location

: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division

Catalog Call Number

: Sc E 00-1347

Digital ID

: 1226115

Record ID

: 573813

Digital Item Published

: 2-26-2005; updated 3-25-2011

Rights Notice

: Rights Notice: Permission is required for reproduction from Photographic Services and Permissions, The New York Public Library.

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