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

“...55 Antilla, 1 Antilles, 1 Antoine, Lake, 171 Appleton, in Arakaka, 87 Arawak Indians, the, 41, 263 Arecuna Indians, the, 41 Argyle River, 174 Arima, 136, 137, 148 Arouagues. See Arawak Arouca, 137 Arrowroot, 174 Asphalt, 132, 148-150 Atkinson, George, monument...”
The pocket guide to the West Indies
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

“...their discovery by a gentle and timid race, the Arouagues or Arawaks, while the smaller islands were peopled by the Charaibes or Caribs, who arrived from unknown parts in fleets of canoes. The Arawaks were soon exterminated ; but the Caribs were for very many...”
The pocket guide to the West Indies
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

“...discovered were inhabited by a gentle, timid race, Arouagues or Arawaks, while the smaller islands were peopled by Charaibes or Caribs, who arrived from unknown parts in fleets of canoes. The Arawaks were soon extermi- nated ; but the Caribs were for many years...”
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

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

“...dis- I covery by a gentle and timid race, the Arouagues or I Arawaks, while the smaller islands were peopled-by the iCharaibes or Caribs, who arrived from unknown parts jin fleets of canoes. The Arawaks were soon extermi- Inated; but the Caribs were for very many...”
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, 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

“...their discovery by a gentle and timid race, the Arouagues or Arawaks, while the smaller islands were peopled by the Charaibes or Canbs, who arrived from unknown parts in fleets of canoes, lne Arawaks were soon exterminated ; but the Canbs were for very many years...”
The pocket guide to the West-Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, the Spanish Main, Surinam and the Panama canal
Netherlands America: the Dutch territories in the West

Netherlands America: the Dutch territories in the West  

Creator:  Hiss, Philip Hanson
Lanjouw, J.
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce ( New York, NY )
Publication Date: 1943
Type: Book
Format: XIV, 225 p. : ill., foto's, krt. ; 24 cm.
Source Institution: University of Netherland Antilles
Holding Location: University of Netherland Antilles
Subject Keyword:  Aardrijkskunde; Nederlandse Antillen
Geschiedenis; Nederlandse Antillen
Geschiedenis; Suriname
Regionale aardrijkskunde
Language: English

“...cannibal is derived from Carbal, the name used by Columbus. The Arawaks were not a single tribe, but a group of related tribes of similar linguistic stock. They were agriculturists, and the name Arawak is said to mean meal eaters, because cassava was their staple...”
Netherlands America: the Dutch territories in the West
A selective guide to the English literature on the Netherlands West Indies : with a supplement on British Guiana

A selective guide to the English literature on the Netherlands West Indies : with a supplement on British Guiana  

Creator:  Hiss, Philip Hanson
Netherlands Information Bureau
Publisher: The Netherlands Information Bureau ( New York )
Publication Date: 1943
Type: Book
Format: xiii, 129 p. : ; 23 cm.
Source Institution: Leiden University
Subject Keyword:  Bibliography -- Netherlands Antilles
Bibliography -- Guyana
Bibliographie -- Antilles néerlandaises
Bibliographie -- Curaçao (Île)
Bibliographie -- Suriname
Spatial Coverage:  Netherlands Antilles
Guyana
Antilles néerlandaises
Curaçao (Île)
Suriname
Genre:  Bibliografieën (vorm) (gtt)
bibliography (marcgt)
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language: English

“...Pennsylvania: Eschenbach Printing Company, 1905. p. 205-8. Penard, Thomas E. and Penard, Arthur P. European influence on the Arawak language of Guiana. De West- Indische Gids, August 1926. p. 165-176, bibl. ------- Popular notions pertaining to primitive stone...”
A selective guide to the English literature on the Netherlands West Indies : with a supplement on British Guiana
Ons koninkrijk in Amerika, West-Indië

Ons koninkrijk in Amerika, West-Indië  

Creator:  Schrieke, B, 1890-1945
Heemstra, M.J. van, 1903-1991
Publisher: W. van Hoeve ( 's-Gravenhage )
Publication Date: 1947
Type: Book
Format: 381 p. : plates, maps (part fold.) ; 25 cm.
Source Institution: Leiden University
Subject Keyword:  Netherlands Antilles
Suriname
Nederlands West-Indië
Caribisch gebied
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Spatial Coverage:  Netherlands Antilles
Suriname
Nederlands West-Indië
Caribisch gebied
Genre:  Geschiedenis (vorm) (gtt)
non-fiction (marcgt)
Language: Dutch

“...zekere algemene trekken. Van die taalfamilies zijn in Nederlands West-Indië vertegenwoordigd: ten eerste Arawak-Maipure (Bolivia tot de Bahama s): Arawak en het uitgestorven Shebayo (beide kustgebied Guyana), en misschien nog een of meer thans verdwenen talen...”
Ons koninkrijk in Amerika, West-Indië
Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles

Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles  

Creator:  Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen (Utrecht)
Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en Curaçao.
Publisher: Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen ( Utrecht )
Publication Date: 1948
Type: serial
Format: v. : ; 22 cm.
Source Institution: Leiden University
Subject Keyword:  Natural history
Agriculture
Natuurwetenschappen
Natuurlijke historie
Nederlandse Antillen
Spatial Coverage:  Nederlandse Antillen
Suriname (land)
Genre:  serial (sobekcm)
periodical (marcgt)
Language: Multiple languages

“...Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647—1717. De Gids 1946, p. 109—112. Zie ook Entom. Ber. 11, p. 272—273. F a n s h a w e, D. B., 1947. Arawak Indian plant names. Nombres de las plantas segun los indios arawacos. Caribb. For. 8, p. 165—181. Bronnen: Forest Dep. Brit....”
Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles
Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles

Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles  

Creator:  Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen (Utrecht)
Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en Curaçao.
Publisher: Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen ( Utrecht )
Publication Date: 1948
Type: serial
Format: v. : ; 22 cm.
Source Institution: Leiden University
Subject Keyword:  Natural history
Agriculture
Natuurwetenschappen
Natuurlijke historie
Nederlandse Antillen
Spatial Coverage:  Nederlandse Antillen
Suriname (land)
Genre:  serial (sobekcm)
periodical (marcgt)
Language: Multiple languages

“...MADE BY PROF. G. STAHEL BY G. J. H. Amshoff In 1942—45 Prof. G. Stahel of Paramaribo, Suriname, with the able assistance of the Arawak Indian Baptist, made an extensive collection of wood samples in several sets. In order to name the items of this collection or...”
Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles
Eldorado : maandblad ter behartiging van de belangen van Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen

Eldorado : maandblad ter behartiging van de belangen van Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen  

Publication Date: 1950
Type: serial
Format: v. : ; 24 cm.
Source Institution: Leiden University
Genre:  serial (sobekcm)
periodical (marcgt)
Language: Dutch

“...zoals in de als verhan- delingen van de Kon. Akademie van Wetenschappen uitgegeven Etudes Lm- guistiques Cardibes (1909), The Arawak Language of Guiana (1928) en Etudes Linguistiques Cardibes II (1946). Deze zeer technische taabtud.es heb- ben hem tevens to...”
Eldorado : maandblad ter behartiging van de belangen van Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen
Wie waren de eerste bewoners van Curaçao

Wie waren de eerste bewoners van Curaçao  

Creator: Meeteren, N. van, 1861-1953
Publication Date: 1951
Type: Book
Format: [6] p. : ; 33 cm.
Source Institution: Universiteit Leiden
Genre: non-fiction (marcgt)
Language: Dutch

“...erover als volgt; .... the Arawak PETALOID stone axes are by no means common. As they also have mostly been found not far from the sea shore, it seems reasonable to infer that they were brought from overseas by the earlier Arawak immigrants. Maar in tegenstelling...”
Wie waren de eerste bewoners van Curaçao
Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles

Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles  

Creator:  Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen (Utrecht)
Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en Curaçao.
Publisher: Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen ( Utrecht )
Publication Date: 1952
Type: serial
Format: v. : ; 22 cm.
Source Institution: Leiden University
Subject Keyword:  Natural history
Agriculture
Natuurwetenschappen
Natuurlijke historie
Nederlandse Antillen
Spatial Coverage:  Nederlandse Antillen
Suriname (land)
Genre:  serial (sobekcm)
periodical (marcgt)
Language: Multiple languages

“... as the complement of these, lack of water and the failing of streams in dry times. The rivers of Jamaica (Xaymaca, the old Arawak name, is supposed to indicate the land with an abundance of rivers) are getting out of control. Similarly, the silting up of...”
Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen = : Publications of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles
Conservation in the Caribbean : a review of literature on the destruction and conservation of renewable natural resources in the Caribbean area, with reference to the population problem

Conservation in the Caribbean : a review of literature on the destruction and conservation of renewable natural resources in the Caribbean area, with reference to the population problem  

Creator: Westermann, J.H
Publisher: Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and The Netherlands Antilles = Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen ( Utrecht, Amsterdam )
Publication Date: 1952
Type: Book
Format: 121 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Source Institution: Universiteit Leiden
Subject Keyword:  Conservation of natural resources -- Caribbean Area
Renewable natural resources -- Caribbean Area
Spatial Coverage: Caribbean Area
Genre: non-fiction (marcgt)
Language: English

“... as the complement of these, lack of water and the failing of streams in dry times. The rivers of Jamaica (Xaymaca, the old Arawak name, is supposed to indicate the land with an abundance of rivers) are getting out of control. Similarly, the silting up of...”
Conservation in the Caribbean : a review of literature on the destruction and conservation of renewable natural resources in the Caribbean area, with reference to the population problem
Papiamentu, origen i formacion

Papiamentu, origen i formacion  

Creator: Maduro, Antoine J
Publication Date: 1965
Type: Book
Format: 30 p. ; 24 cm.
Source Institution: University of Netherland Antilles
Holding Location: University of Netherland Antilles
Subject Keyword:  Bloemlezingen
Papiamentu
Taal
Taalfilosofie
Taalkunde
Language: Papiamento

“...onder deze was het Joodsche element naar verhouding ruim vertegenwoordigd. WIG, 8, 1926, pp. 167/168 (European Influence on the Arawak Language of Guiana by Th. E. Penard and A. P. Penard): In the seventeenth century a large number of Portuguese Jews moved from...”
Papiamentu, origen i formacion
Skylook of Aruba

Skylook of Aruba  

Creator: Hart, ter, Wim
Publisher: KLM Aerocarto Caribbean ( S.l. )
Publication Date: 1965
Type: Book
Format: [III], 47 p. : ill., foto's ; 21 cm.
Source Institution: University of Netherland Antilles
Holding Location: University of Netherland Antilles
Subject Keyword:  Aardrijkskunde; Aruba
Fotoboeken; Aruba
Fotografie; Aruba
Luchtfotografie; Aruba
Regionale aardrijkskunde; Aruba
Language: English

“...navigator who had earlier sailed with Christopher Columbus. He claimed the island for Spain. At the time, it was inhabited by the Arawak and Carib Indians. The first Spanish Governor was Juan de Ampues. Indian signs are still found at the huge boulders of Ayo, Arikok...”
Skylook of Aruba
Curaçao

Curaçao  

Creator: Curaçaosche Vereeniging tot Bevordering van het Vreemdelingenverkeer
Publisher: Curaçaosche Vereeniging tot bevordering van het Vreemdelingenverkeer (V.V.V.) ( S.l )
Publication Date: 1967
Type: Book
Format: [14] bl. : ill., foto's ; 16 x 25.
Source Institution: University of Netherland Antilles
Holding Location: University of Netherland Antilles
Subject Keyword: Geschiedenis; Nederlandse Antillen
Language: Dutch

“...inhabited by peaceful Indians similar to those who peopled the northern shores of Venezuela: the Caiquetios, a tribe of the Arawak Indians. The name of the island is indubitably of Indian origin, and in old manuscripts it appears in various ways: Karasao,...”
Curaçao
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
Publication Date: [1939]
Type: Book
Format: XVI, 525 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Edition: [New and rev. ed.]
Source Institution: Leiden University
Subject Keyword:  Guidebooks -- West Indies
Guidebooks -- Guyana
Guidebooks -- Bermuda Islands
Guidebooks -- Spanish Main
Guidebooks -- Panama Canal (Panama)
Spatial Coverage:  West Indies
Guyana
Bermuda Islands
Spanish Main
Panama Canal (Panama)
Genre: non-fiction (marcgt)
Language: English

“...discovered were inhabited by a gentle, timid race, Arouagues or Arawaks, while the smaller islands were peopled by Charaibes or Caribs, who arrived from unknown parts in fleets of canoes. The Arawaks were soon extermi- nated ; but the Caribs were for many years...”
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 and British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, The Spanish Main, Surinam, the Panama Canal

The pocket guide to the West Indies and British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, The Spanish Main, Surinam, the Panama Canal  

Creator:  Aspinall, Algernon Edward, 1871-1952
Dash, J. Sydney
Publisher: Methuen ( London )
Publication Date: [1954]
Type: Book
Format: XX, 475, 22 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Edition: 10th ed., rev. and reset -- rev. by J. Sydney Dash.
Source Institution: Leiden University
Subject Keyword:  Guidebooks -- West Indies
Guidebooks -- Guyana
Guidebooks -- Belize
Guidebooks -- Bermuda Islands
Guidebooks -- Canal Zone
Spatial Coverage:  West Indies
Guyana
Belize
Bermuda Islands
Canal Zone
Genre: non-fiction (marcgt)
Language: English

“...discovered were inhabited by a gentle, timid race, the Arouagues or Arawaks, while the smaller islands were peopled by Charaibes or Caribs, who arrived from unknown parts in fleets of canoes. The Arawaks were soon exterminated; but the Caribs were for many years a...”
The pocket guide to the West Indies and British Guiana, British Honduras, Bermuda, The Spanish Main, Surinam, the Panama Canal
A short natural history of Curacao

A short natural history of Curacao  

Creator: Van Buurt, Gerard
Publisher:  Willemstad , Curaçao : Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma / Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen, 2010.
Type: Book
Source Institution: University of Curacao
Holding Location: University of Curacao

“...refer to as the Archaic Indians. Later, probably around 500 AD, the Caqueto tribe, a group of Indians belonging to the Maipure Arawak tribes in Venezuela arrived. It is not known what happened to the Archaic Indians and whether or not Curaao was inhabited between...”
A short natural history of Curacao