| Compendium - 1822 - 342 pągines
...in the Northern Ocean ; the western part of Greenland ; several factories on the coast of Guinea ; the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, in the West Indies, and Tranquebar in Hindoostan. Ho.w are SWEDEN and NORWAY situated? These kingdoms were united by the... | |
| Adriano Balbi - 1835 - 578 pągines
...chiefly by bird-catching and fishing. The other colonies are Iceland and Greenland in North America; the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John in the West Indies; 22 p Kiel, upon a gulf of the Baltic, in Holstein, contains a university, and a royal castle, and is... | |
| Richard Brookes - 1838 - 840 pągines
...all forming > part of the European dominions of the kingdom of Denmark, comprising together an nr-a of about 22,000 square miles of surface. In addition...Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, in the West Indies, ars also subject to Denmark. See each part in 1 island under its respective head. The »pert of the... | |
| Richard Brookes - 1839 - 834 pągines
...forming a part of the European dominions of the kingdom of Denmark, comprising together an area ofabout 22,000 square miles of surface. In addition to these...aspect of the continental part of Denmark is flat »nd undiversified, containing neither mountains nor rivers of any magnitude. It is largely indented... | |
| Richard Brookes - 1839 - 834 pągines
...part of the European dominions of the kingdom of Denmark, comprising together an area of about 23,000 square miles of surface. In addition to these the islands of St. Croir, St. Thomas, and St. John, in the West Indies, are also subject to Denmark. See each part and... | |
| Richard Brookes - 1849 - 818 pągines
...dominions of the kingdom of Denmark ; comprising together an area of about 22,000 square miles of sur&ce. In addition to these, the islands of St Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, in the West Indies, arc also subject to Denmark. See each part of the kingdom under its respective head. The as[>ect of... | |
| S.G Goodrich - 1851 - 664 pągines
...chiefly by birdcatching and fishing. The other colonies are Iceland and Greenland, in North America ; the Islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, in the West Indies ; Christianborg, and a few other forts, on the coast of Guinea; Tranquebar and some factories on the... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 598 pągines
...officers sent hither by the Danish crown. The other colonies are Iceland and Greenland, in North America; the Islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, in the West Indies ; Christianborg, and a few other forts, on the coast of r r!|ir>p;i ; Tranq»:ebar and some factories... | |
| Alexander Mackay - 1864 - 334 pągines
...Faroe Isles, already described, Denmark possesses the extensive region of Greenland, together with the Islands of St Croix, St Thomas, and St John, in the West Indies. The extra-European portion has an area of 46,878 square miles, and a population, in 1861, of 47,029;... | |
| Rev. J. GOLDSMITH (pseud. [i.e. Sir Richard Phillips.]), sir Richard Phillips - 1868 - 184 pągines
...dependency of Denmark, is valuable only for the whale fishery which is earried on near its coasts, 63. The islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, in the 'West Indies, belong to Denmark. IV.—RUSSIA IN EUROPE. OBs,—By the partition of Poland in 1772 and 1795, Eussia... | |
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