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Geologische Studien ueber Niederlaendisch West-Indien auf grund eigener Untersuchungsreisen
- Creator:
- Martin, K, 1851-1942
- Publisher:
- Brill ( Leiden )
- Publication Date:
- 1888
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- XIII, 238 p. : ill., krt. ; 28 cm, 8°
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Geology -- Netherlands Antilles
- Geology -- Suriname
- Geologie
- Bonaire
- Surinam
- Spatial Coverage:
- Netherlands Antilles
- Suriname
- Bonaire
- Surinam
- Curaçao
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- German
“...die
Diabasformation auf Curasao überhaupt nicht erkannte und den im Innern von ihr
eingenommenen Raum nur als „internal rolling plain” in seiner Mittheilung an-
fübrt, und zwar als aequivalent mit den Korallenkalken. Es mag dies gleicbzeitig
als ein Beweis für...”
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Bericht über eine Reise nach Niederländisch West-Indien und darauf gegründete Studien
- Creator:
- Martin, K, 1851-1942
- Publisher:
- Brill ( Leiden )
- Publication Date:
- 1888
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- 2 dl. : ill., krt., pl. ; 27 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Geology -- Netherlands Antilles
- Description and travel -- Netherlands Antilles
- Spatial Coverage:
- Netherlands Antilles
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- German
“...Diabasformation auf Curagao überhaupt nicht erkannte und den im Innern von ihr
eingenommenen Raum nur als -„internal rolling plain” in seiner Mittheilung an-
führt, und zwar als aequivalent mit den Korallenkalken. Es mag dies gleichzeitig
als ein Beweis für...”
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Voyage aux trois Guyanes, et aux Antilles
- Creator:
- Verschuur, G
- Publisher:
- Hachette ( Paris )
- Publication Date:
- 1894
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- IV, 367 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Description and travel -- Guiana
- Description and travel -- West Indies
- Descriptions et voyages -- Guyanes
- Descriptions et voyages -- Antilles
- Groot Guyana
- Spatial Coverage:
- Guiana
- West Indies
- Guyanes
- Antilles
- Groot Guyana
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- French
“...une colline et profite par
cette disposition de la brise de la mer,
L’ancien hópital, qui se trouve a peu de distance
dans une plaine, est fermé, étant infecté, d’après les on-
dit. 11 ne forme plus qu’un monument historique, d’ap-
parence lugubre, ayant servi...”
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Curacao, Dutch West Indies
- Creator:
- Reilly, William Benedict
- Publication Date:
- 1898
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- 68 p. : ill., port. ; 26 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...Yankee sea-
captain, and a man who knows his lines
from Alpha to Omega. Though a strict
disciplinarian, he is, nevertheless', a plain,
unpretentious man, and in no sense an
autocrat or czar, even on the bridge. He
mingles with and helps entertain the pas-
alities...”
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Curacao, Dutch West Indies
- Creator:
- Reilly, William Benedict
- Publication Date:
- 1898
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- 68 bl. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...Yankee sea-
captain, and a man who knows his lines
from Alpha to Omega. Though a strict
disciplinarian, he is, nevertheless, a plain,
unpretentious man, and in no sense an
autocrat or czar, even on the bridge. He
mingles with and helps entertain the pas-
alities...”
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Door het land van Columbus: Vereenigde Staten, Mexico, Cuba, Costa-Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Curaçao, Suriname; een reisverhaal
- Creator:
- Muller, Hendrik P.N
- Publisher:
- Erven Bohn ( Haarlem )
- Publication Date:
- 1905
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- X, 504 p. : ills. ; 25 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- Dutch
“...zonder jas of vest,
maar met zijn hoogden hoed op. Van bediening is in
dit hotel bijna geen sprake.
De stad, de „Queen of the plains”, slechts een halve
eeuw oud, draagt den stempel van groote welvaart.
Ofschoon nog geen 150.0O0 inwoners rijk, bezit zij een...”
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The pocket guide to the West Indies
- Creator:
- Aspinall, Algernon Edward, 1871-1952
- Publisher:
- Stanford ( London )
- Publication Date:
- 1907
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- XX, 316 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Guidebooks -- West Indies
- Spatial Coverage:
- West Indies
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...up the
Diego Martin valley. At one part the valley
opens out into a flat plain, which formerly used
to be under sugar canes, but is now for the most
part quite uncultivated. The plain has an evil
reputation, having been the scene of no less
than four blood-curdling...”
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The pocket guide to the West Indies
- Creator:
- Aspinall, Algernon Edward, 1871-1952
- Publisher:
- Duckworth ( London )
- Publication Date:
- 1910
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- XVI, 317 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- New and rev. ed.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Guidebooks -- West Indies
- Spatial Coverage:
- West Indies
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...Venezuela beyond. At one part the Diego
Martin valley opens out into a flat plain, which formerly
used to be under sugar-canes, but is now for the most part
quite uncultivated. The plain has an evil reputation, having
been the scene of no fewer than four bloo...”
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Handelingen over de reglementen op het beleid der regeering in de koloniën Suriname en Curaçao
- Creator:
- Bordewijk, H.W.C, 1879-1939
- Publisher:
- Nijhoff ( 's-Gravenhage )
- Publication Date:
- 1914
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- VIII, 876 p. : ; 24 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Constitutional law -- Suriname
- Constitutional law -- Netherlands Antilles
- Spatial Coverage:
- Suriname
- Netherlands Antilles
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- Dutch
“... are
even moderately favourable.......
„The race as it exists to day is a product of sixty years of freedom;
on the whole, a plain, honest Anglicised people with no peculiarity
except a harmles ignorance and superstition. Looking at it in contrast
with what...”
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The flora of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire
- Creator:
- Boldingh, I, 1879-1938
- Publisher:
- Brill ( Leiden )
- Publication Date:
- 1914
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- XIV, 197 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...type of the many chalk ridges at the South side of Curagao.
From Seroe Seinpost a large plain extends eastwards and also
round the Schottegat we find a fairly large plain, forming a low
hilly country to the East and extending to the West as far as
Mont Plaisant...”
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Daniel De Leon : the man and his work : a symposium
- Creator:
- Socialist Labor Party (New York) -- National Executive Committee
- Daniel de Leon, the man and his work
- Publication Date:
- 1920
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- 2 dl in 1 bd (85, 177, XV p) : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Universiteit Leiden
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...L. P. folks a means to counteract that wave
that we would not otherwise enjoy.
It was not very long, however, till it became plain that
my apprehensions had been well founded. De Leons optim-
ism (or was it not rather his desire to see at last a genuine eco-...”
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Venezuela : a commercial and industrial handbook : with a chapter on the Dutch West Indies
- Creator:
- Bell, P.L
- Publisher:
- Department of commerce. Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce ( Washington, DC )
- Publication Date:
- 1922
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- xv, 472 p. : ill., krt., tab. ; 24 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Economic conditions -- Venezuela -- 1918-
- Commerce -- Venezuela
- Economic conditions -- Netherlands Antilles
- Commerce -- Netherlands Antilles
- Spatial Coverage:
- Venezuela
- Netherlands Antilles
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...belonging properly to
the plains, since the country to the south of the Apure and Orinoco
is heavily timbered, except far to the west along the Rio Meta,
while the northern plains are mostly open and covered with long
These northern plains drain toward the Apure...”
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The pocket guide to the West Indies : British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main and the Panama canal
- Creator:
- Aspinall, Algernon Edward, 1871-1952
- Publication Date:
- 1923
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- X, 479 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- [new and rev. ed.]
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Guidebooks -- West Indies
- Spatial Coverage:
- West Indies
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...or springs in the central plain from
St. Johns to Willoughby Bay being brackish, the only water
available in the locality is that collected in ponds and pools.
Wells in the limestone region on the north-east of this central
plain yield good water, and there...”
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The pocket guide to the West-Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main and the Panama canal
- Creator:
- Aspinall, Algernon Edward, 1871-1952
- Publisher:
- Sifton, Spraed & Co ( London )
- Publication Date:
- 1927
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- XIV, 493, XXIV p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Guidebooks -- West Indies
- Spatial Coverage:
- West Indies
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...of
Trafalgar.
At one part the Diego Martin valley opens out into a
flat plain, which formerly used to be under sugar-canes,
but is now for the most part quite uncultivated. The
plain has an evil reputation, having been the scene of
no fewer than four bloo...”
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Geologie en geohydrologie van het eiland Curaçao
- Creator:
- Molengraaff, Gerard Johan Hendrik
- Publisher:
- Nijhoff ( 's-Gravenhage )
- Publication Date:
- 1929
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- XII, 126 p., [40] bl. pl. : ill., krt. ; 25 cm. +
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Subject Keyword:
- Geologie
- Curaçao
- Proefschriften (vorm)
- Spatial Coverage:
- Curaçao
- Genre:
- Proefschriften (vorm) (gtt)
- theses (marcgt)
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- Dutch
“...van Boven-Eoceen tot en met Boven-Oligo-
ceen, en wat ook geldt voor het Eogeen van het oostelijk gedeelte
van de Gulf Coastal Plain in het Zuidoosten van de Vereenigde 28
Staten, waar het Onder-Oligoceen concordant ligt op het Boven-
Eoceen.
Rut ten beschikte...”
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Handbook of the Netherlands and overseas territories
- Creator:
- Nederbragt, J.A, 1880-1953
- Ministery of Foreign Affairs (Nederland) -- Economic Section
- Publisher:
- Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Economic Section ( The Hague )
- Publication Date:
- 1931
- Type:
- Book
- Format:
- VIII, 405 p. : krt. ; 19 cm.
- Source Institution:
- Leiden University
- Genre:
- non-fiction (marcgt)
- Language:
- English
“...dominating element of its economic history.
A natural continuation of the north German
plains, the soil of the Netherlands from S. E.
to N. W. forms a gendy sloping plain, ending in the
North Sea. In the same direction also the large rivers,
the Scheldt, Meuse...”
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