History: Caribbean from The Owl at the Bridge

"Tracing family connections has long interested Barbadians, but for persons whose ancestry extends back into the slave period (pre-1834/38) and includes family members with some African physical heritage (whether or not they also have European ancestry) the problem of identifying ancestors who lived during the slave period can be difficult. It is hoped that the present work will assist such… Saber más sobre este artículo

Documents, Legislative Journals, Manuscripts, HistoricalWritings; Description, travel, agriculture, commerce, industry, colonial policy, religion, literature, medicine, legal treaties, periodicals, British West Indies Press, foreign West Indian newspapers. viii, 725 pages; well used, carefully rebacked; bookplate of Sam Hough; Good. Stock#ofc0139.

N.Y., Farrar, Straus, 1949. Hard Cover. 278 p.; 21 cm. Waugh first went to Martinique in 1927. He returned to visit many of the islands during the next two decades. Stock#33673. Vg/ no dj.

Paris, Maisonnneuve, 1878, 1881, 1887/Martino Reprint, 1999.. Hard Cover. Three octavo volumes, in one: iii, 739; iv, 103, 110 p., index; binders cloth; new from the publisher. Besterman 310. A standard work, especially in Latin Americana. Describes, with collations and plates, nearly 4000 works on America, Latin America, South America, the Caribbean and the Philippines,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, GPO, 1932; reprint Martino 2000. Hard Cover.Title continues: "including the abolition and emancipation movements". 8vo, viii, 275 pages. Besterman 1140. Eleven years in the making, this bibliography of over 4000 printed works on the Caribbean islands remains a standard work for the region. Subjects include Description & travel, Historical writings, Colonial policy, Literature, Religion, Medical works, Legal… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cali, Columbia, Carvajal/ Providence, R.I., John Carter Brown Library, 1992 . First Edition. Hard Cover. xv, 75 p. illus., facsims, 35 cm. Text in English and Spanish. Edited by Helen Nader. Reproduces the manuscript of Columbus's claims, prepared when he returned from his fourth voyage in 1504, to extensive power and wealth. Stock #29,064x. Vg/ no dj, as issued

Cali, Colombia: Carvajal / Providence, R.I. : John Carter Brown Library, 1992. Title continues: "Critical Edition of the John Carter Brown Library's Spanish Codex I / by Helen Nader." Published in honor of the quincentenary year. Text with facsimiles. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Distributed by Carvajal as a Christmas book. Text in Spanish and English. Spanish ms. title:… Saber más sobre este artículo

Providence, R.I., John Carter Brown Library, 1997. Soft Cover. xviii, 101 p., [9] p. of plates, illus. (some color), maps, facsimiles; 29 cm. Title continues: and illustrated books from the John Carter Brown Library. Contents: 1. Birth of the Dutch Republic and the world war against Habsburg Spain; 2. West Indies Company; 3. Dutch in Brazil: a peerless prince… Saber más sobre este artículo

Kingston, Institute of Jamaica, 1909; facsimile reprint Martino 1998. Hard Cover. 197 p. 22 cm. Describes over 3000 works on the West Indies-- excluding Jamaica-- including sections on Florida, Honduras, Nicaragua, slavery, buccaneers, the sugar trade. Stock# 34880x/h. New copy..

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, 1978. Soft Cover. pp. [361]-372, 25cm. Publishes eleven manuscript letters from the collection. Cover title and caption title. "Off-printed from The National Library of Wales Journal, vol. XX, no. 4, Winter 1978" … Saber más sobre este artículo

Providence: Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1967. Exhibition of 37 books and 17 maps and prints to accompany a lecture by John Parry. Soft Cover. Typescript. [13] leaves, 28 cm. Good+. Stock#42029x.

Gainesville, Fla. UP [1994]. First Edition. A large and interesting and fully indexed catalogue of 945 books, 604 manuscripts, 37 maps, and 62 prints, drawings and paintings, built over a long relationship between Walter Beinecke and the Motts. Hard Cover. xi, 414 pages, index, plates; 29 cm. Color pictorial dj; new from publisher. Stock#21060x/h.

Banco Santander, Puerto Rico [Madrid, 1998]. Hard Cover. 194 p., 9 b/w text figures, 83 color plates, index of artists; color pictorial covers, 28.5 cm.; 14-line ink inscription thanking Roger Mandle, President of RISD, on title-page, else fine. Printed on heavy coated stock; in Spanish. The artworks, in chronological order, begin with 17th-century saints and end with Triptico… Saber más sobre este artículo