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Curacao, Dutch West Indies
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
“...our swift ocean racer glided into warm- er seas. “ We’ve sneaked past Hatteras without them knowing it,” the Rev. Mr. Smith remarked, noting the calmness of the sea off this usually tempestuous cape, and so it was. The trip was delightfully uneventful, and...”
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Curacao, Dutch West Indies
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
“...our swift ocean racer glided into warm- er seas. “ We’ve sneaked past Hatteras without them knowing it,” the Rev. Mr. Smith remarked, noting the calmness of the sea off this usually tempestuous cape, and so it was. The trip was delightfully uneventful, and...”
3
The pocket guide to the West Indies
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
“...ten or twelve months in the West Indies, and tourists therefore need feel no apprehension on this score. The West Indies are remarkably free from infectious diseases common in temperate climes, and also from those ailments which are commonly associated in the...”
4
The pocket guide to the West Indies
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
“...bitten by these objectionable insects and to sleep invariably under a mosquito-net where mosquitoes exist. The West Indies are remarkably free from infectious diseases common in temperate climes, and also from those ailments which are commonly associated in the...”
5
The praecolumbian and early postcolumbian aboriginal population of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire
The praecolumbian and early postcolumbian aboriginal population of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire
Creator:
Josselin de Jong, J.P.B. de
Publication Date:
1918
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
Universiteit Leiden
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“...About the method of excavation followed we are not informed. In one of his letters (August 24, 1883; reg. n. 160) v. Koolwijk remarks: Owing to the drought the soil is very hard; the so-called sjap with which the digging is done is very unsuitable, so that much...”
6
Daniel De Leon : the man and his work : a symposium
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
“... It died before him and burled him in its ruins. His death does not tear a gap....... It IS hard to say which is the more remarkable in this performance, its animus, or, its stupidity,real or pretended. It IS certainly superfluous to lose one word as to the...”
7
Curaçao : the key to the West-Indies
Curaçao : the key to the West-Indies
Publication Date:
1921
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
Universiteit Leiden
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“...on fresh water, which at all times is available in abundance. In this connection passing mention should be made of Curagaos remarkable progress in the shipbuilding industry, which is destined to play an important part in the industrial development of the ...”
8
Venezuela : a commercial and industrial handbook : with a chapter on the Dutch West Indies
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
“...markets to an enormous extent. But representatives of European business houses held their ground in Venezuela during the war remarkably well; many have re- turned to the country since peace has been declared, eager to take up the old relations and to develop...”
9
The pocket guide to the West Indies : British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main and the Panama canal
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
“...Sea is entered, and tourists will note the remarkable Gulf weed, which floats in a vast eddy or central pool of the Atlantic between the Gulf Stream and the equatorial current. The Gulf Stream, the most remarkable of the worlds ocean currents, is formed by...”
10
The pocket guide to the West-Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main and the Panama canal
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
“...371 XVII. The Spanish Main ... . 400 XVIII. The Panama Canal . ; 417 XIX. Some West Indian Industries . . 434 XX. Concluding Remarks .... 448 APPENDIX I. Steamship Communication . . . 452 II. Dollars and Sterling Tables . . 466 Index . .......................”
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Publicatieblad van Curaçao en onderhoorigheden, behelzende de publicatien, notificatien, reglementen ... voor die bezittingen uitgevaardigd in de jaren ..
Publicatieblad van Curaçao en onderhoorigheden, behelzende de publicatien, notificatien, reglementen ... voor die bezittingen uitgevaardigd in de jaren ..
Publication Date:
1929
Type:
serial
Format:
v. : ; 25 cm.
Source Institution:
Leiden University
Subject Keyword:
Recht
Nederlandse Antillen
Overheidspublicaties (vorm)
Wetteksten (vorm)
Spatial Coverage:
Nederlandse Antillen
Genre:
Overheidspublicaties (vorm) (gtt)
Wetteksten (vorm) (gtt)
serial (sobekcm)
periodical (marcgt)
Language:
Dutch
“...of air traffic and of international air legislation. Map reading, orientation, location of position, elementary meteorology. Remarks. The practical tests shall be carried out . TT77 in O m o v 7 i 7 m nnitiVid T-V-. ✓-» 4- tenza dell’aria principalmente in...”
12
Handbook of the Netherlands and overseas territories
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
“...Valk), Jordaan, Cornelis Veth and others. After a long period of inactivity in this field, the Netherlands is witnessing a remarkable revival of the Sculptural Art, inauogurated by artist such as Charles van Wijk and Toon Dupuis. Especially to our architects...”
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The pocket guide to the West-Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, the Spanish Main, Surinam and the Panama canal
The pocket guide to the West-Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, the Spanish Main, Surinam and the Panama canal
Creator:
Aspinall, Algernon Edward, 1871-1952
Publisher:
Sifton, Spraed & Co ( London )
Publication Date:
1931
Type:
Book
Format:
XIV, 500 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Edition:
New and rev. ed.
Source Institution:
Leiden University
Subject Keyword:
Guidebooks -- Suriname
Spatial Coverage:
Suriname
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“...The Spanish Main and Surinam . . 396 XVIII. The Panama Canal .... 416 XIX. Some West Indian Industries . . 433 XX. Concluding Remarks .... 445 APPENDIX I. Steamship Communications . . 448 II. Air Transport Services . . . 464 III. Dollars and Sterling Tables...”
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The geology of Aruba
The geology of Aruba
Creator:
Westermann, J.H
Publisher:
Oosthoek's Uitgeversmaatij. ( Utrecht )
Publication Date:
1932
Type:
Book
Format:
129, III p., [3] bl. pl. : krt. ; 30 cm.
Source Institution:
Universiteit Leiden
Subject Keyword:
Geology -- Aruba
Spatial Coverage:
Aruba
Genre:
theses (marcgt)
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“... It is a remarkable fact, that in the pyroxene-hooibergites, generally, the amount of hornblende in the contact-zone increases at the cost of pyroxene; even in some rocks, the contactzone does no more contain pyroxene. It is also very remarkable, that wel...”
15
Geology and paleontology of Bonaire (D.W.I.)
Geology and paleontology of Bonaire (D.W.I.)
Creator:
Pijpers, Petrus Johannus
Publisher:
Oosthoek's Uitgevers-mij ( Utrecht )
Publication Date:
1933
Type:
Book
Format:
105 p. : ill., krt. ; 30 cm.
Source Institution:
Universiteit Leiden
Subject Keyword:
Geology -- Bonaire
Paleontology -- Bonaire
Spatial Coverage:
Bonaire
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“...Rincon (W., NE. and SW. of Rincon). We called it the Rincon formation. It lies unconformably upon the Washikemba formation. Remarkable is the occurrence of pebbles of foreign rocks in the Rincon formation, being granodiorites and granodiorite aplites (see Chapter...”
16
Geology and paleontology of Bonaire (D.W.I.)
Geology and paleontology of Bonaire (D.W.I.)
Creator:
Pijpers, Petrus Johannus
Publisher:
Oosthoek ( Utrecht )
Publication Date:
1933
Type:
Book
Format:
103 p. : ill., krt. ; 30 cm. +
Source Institution:
Universiteit Leiden
Subject Keyword:
Geology -- Bonaire
Paleontology -- Bonaire
Bonaire
Proefschriften (vorm)
Spatial Coverage:
Bonaire
Genre:
Proefschriften (vorm) (gtt)
theses (marcgt)
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“...Rincon (W., NE. and SW. of Rincon). We called it the Rincon formation. It lies unconformably upon the Washikemba formation. Remarkable is the occurrence of pebbles of foreign rocks in the Rincon formation, being granodiorites and granodiorite aplites (see Chapter...”
17
De geologische literatuur over of van belang voor Nederlands Guyana (Suriname) en de Nederlandse Westindische eilanden
De geologische literatuur over of van belang voor Nederlands Guyana (Suriname) en de Nederlandse Westindische eilanden
Creator:
Steenhuis, J.F, 1883-1958
Publisher:
Boek- en Kunstdrukkerij v/h Mouton ( 's-Gravenhage )
Publication Date:
1934
Type:
Book
Format:
80 p. : ; 29 cm.
Source Institution:
Leiden University
Subject Keyword:
Geology -- Bibliography -- Suriname
Geology -- Bibliography -- West Indies
Geology -- Bibliography -- South America
Geology -- Bibliography -- Central America
Geology -- Bibliography -- Mexico
Spatial Coverage:
Suriname
West Indies
South America
Central America
Mexico
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
Dutch
“...Quart. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 19, 409 456, pi. XIIIXVI, 1863; part II: ibidem, 20, 2045, pi. IIV, 1864. Contents: A. Preliminary remarks; I. Introduction; II. Geology of Antigua; B. Enumaration of the species; I. Antigua; II. San Domingo; III. Jamaica; IV. Mont-...”
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Marginal languages: a sociological survey of the Creole languages and trade jargons
Marginal languages: a sociological survey of the Creole languages and trade jargons
Creator:
Reinecke, John E, 1904-1982
Publication Date:
1937
Type:
Book
Format:
2 dl. (X, 880 p.) : krt. ; 20 cm.
Source Institution:
Leiden University
Subject Keyword:
Creole dialects
Languages, Mixed
Creooltalen
Pidgintalen
Sociolinguïstiek
Genre:
Proefschriften (vorm) (gtt)
theses (marcgt)
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“... and we find, if put f8117 new formations, numerous instances of old material tha« °-in®w uses. It is scarcely necessary to remark that eae languages are not of mixed blood, half African and half Sven f^Lu» -languages do not mingle so readily as races. Wofrt...”
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Marginal languages: a sociological survey of the Creole languages and trade jargons
Marginal languages: a sociological survey of the Creole languages and trade jargons
Creator:
Reinecke, John E, 1904-1982
Publication Date:
1937
Type:
Book
Format:
2 dl. (X, 880 p.) : krt. ; 20 cm.
Source Institution:
Leiden University
Subject Keyword:
Creole dialects
Languages, Mixed
Creooltalen
Pidgintalen
Sociolinguïstiek
Genre:
Proefschriften (vorm) (gtt)
theses (marcgt)
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“... calmly remarks, 'comprise about all the'pronouns used, and the student need not bother about genders.'9 One of course notices a bit of levity in the quotations from Hinson's work, and more than a bit in Leland's commentary. But 48 Island remarked, the pidgins...”
20
[Silver Peg's province]
[Silver Peg's province]
Publisher:
Standard oil company ( New York )
Publication Date:
1937
Type:
Book
Format:
p. 22-23. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Source Institution:
Leiden University
Genre:
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language:
English
“...one of its most valuable chan- nels for making new friends. F. B. Deane, president of the Club, presided and in his opening remarks recalled the continuing sup- port given to the organization by the Board and emphasized the in- creasingly important need the...”