‎Caribbean‎

‎CARIBBEAN TRAVEL JOURNAL‎

‎An Early 20th-Century Travel Journal From A Cruise Through The Caribbean Written By A Man From Hudson New York‎

‎CARIBBEAN TRAVEL JOURNAL. Diary. 101 pages. The Caribbean. c. 1908-9. The handwritten journal belonging to C. B. Benson of Hudson New York. The diary recounts Benson’s experience on an organized cruise group visit to Caribbean locations such as St. Thomas Puerto Rico Kingston Jamaica Caracas Venezuela Panama City Panama Port of Spain Trinidad and Martinique. Benson records his experiences in each location including his impressions of the town the locals sights he visited and local travel. He visited forts a school churches a mill a sugar plantation and Carnival celebrations. Benson took his tour during the era of colonial rule the attitudes of which infuse both his experiences and observations. Based on his mention of an earthquake in Kingston Jamaica taking place a year or two before he travelled in 1908 or 1909. “…St. Thomas where we arrived about 6 A.M. mid morning Jan 26 is one of the Virgin group and we found her framed and frescoed in the principal churches. Columbus in 1493 gave the group of 100 islands rocks and…which comprise the group. St. Thomas is 13 miles in length and 3 miles in width at its broadest. And I guess we walked the length of it speaking broadly and in the abstract at this distance.The heat of the tropical sun also takes its toll and blurs our ideas of time and distance somewhat. The town of Charlotte Amelia contains 13000 inhabitants – merchants and black babies and they are all dressed in their Sunday best to receive us properly.Thursday morning at 8 we went ashore at Porto sic Rico.Returning thro the village streets we stopped at the market place and noticed the display of fruits in baskets a couple of men seated on low stools with blacks in front of them.a native woman…was entertaining us in the middle of the road with a dance.When passing the island of Haiti.‘Do you know why we do not stop at the Island of Haiti’ ‘No’ There are cannibals there there are so many fat people aboard you would lose your wife’ At St Thomas the American council held open house and received some of us who dared to invade this solitude.An hour’s railroad ride which was made interesting by stops at every little…and station where the bare legged boy with the oil gun in hand squirted oil…bearings sic of the cars and engine. As it was before the 17 miles came to an end the rear axle of the parlor car so called because it had leather covered reclining seats caught fire. But when this happened we were nearly at the end of our journey and we were not delayed much. At the sugar plantation where we detrained we found we had some distance to walk down…to the sugar mill. As there was no path and the sticky wet ground to soil made worse by the heavy rain of the night before.A sugar mill is never a clean place.The process is somewhat intricate but way he likened to the process of brewing.The cane piled up in the yard is boiled in a number of vats then is run off with barrels and in a black and solid state in shipped to the Refineries at New York. The fiber of the cane is then hardened and dried and is fed to the furnaces to boil…cane. After return to the town San Juan we visited the shops. Walked out to the fort at the entrance of the harbor. The town is excellently policed and paved in the principal streets with telegram blocks.As this day was Thursday we concluded that every day was wash day for the native women and girls who for want of other diversions spend most of their time in this form of dissipation. Even the balconies of the main public street filled with traffic of street cars carriages and drays had their fill of wash some of which are found laying in the street having been carried down by the wind. No one had appropriated it as yet; and we did not add it to our collection of souvenirs. At the officers quarters I applied for a permit of the officer of the day to enter the fort ‘San Cristobal’ the fort commanding the entrance to the harbor.The fort was like most forts. The high tower gave a commanding view of the town and harbor. Then we visited the Governor’s Palace. In the Reception Room hanging on opposite sides facing each other are life sized oil paintings of McKinley & Cleveland. In the garden were some large palms tropical ferns a fountain &.Jan 29. early in the morning we were at Kingston in Jamaica. The channel is narrow and tortuous but well… Taking a local pilot we soon…opposite it…of three vessels one of which was the Princess Louise that was caught in the hurricane here three years ago and…the larger of the three vessels was trying to pick up the light from the light house which had been blown down. This destruction of the hurricane.After driving about a mile thru the city the destruction to the buildings & pavements made by the earthquake here a year or two ago half of the city seems to be in ruins and no attempt has been made apparently to rebuild & restore the city. Thousands of lives were lost here at that time which did immense damage to the fruits. Most of the uninhabitable part of the island belongs to the United Fruit Company a Boston Corporation who ships immense quantities of bananas from Port Antonio. Owing to recent destruction by fire of Hotel Litchfield our stop at the port of San Antonio and stay of night at the Hotel was omitted. An excursion across the island by train to Mandeville was arranged in its place.The town of Colon in its principle streets are paved with brick and appear clean. We noticed many buzzards. The air was clear and there was a delightful cool breeze blowing.We stopped at all of the stations going to Panama and noted the wonderful impressions made by the Sanitary Commission. The well ventilated and screened houses. The plan for disposal of garbage the open drainage the cleared lands…But of course the facts are here – bug and drain – all working to the mutual exclusion of some ideas to the American white employers. Therefore after a few months they must have a reaction in the States to…and detach themselves from all absorbing facts. The fighting for life against…fires. Most things are…between the white employers and the black employees. So we find the ‘White Bar’ and the ‘Black Bar’ ‘The White Employees’ ‘The Silver White Employees’ &c as signs on the cars intended to carry workmen back and forth from the works.Caracas the capital of Venezuela is about 3000 ft up but the sun in the middle of the day we found very hot.Plaza Bolivar was decorated with rows of colored electric lights. They are preparing for the Carnival season which ushers in Lent in Catholic countries. The market place had counters for dry goods highly colored handkerchiefs etc. Another section was devoted to fruits vegetables etc. We noticed some very large apricots. Mr. Bolivar apparently has done a great deal for his native town. He has given his name – while the people furnished the funds – for the largest parks a street and the coinage of the plutocrats.The Spaniard the…Hildago -in his easy subjugation of the…pleasure loving tropical savage has replaced the native of simple taste and left in his place the mongrel half-breed with all the vices of the conqueror and none of the virtues of the…Indian savage…â€. The diary is in very good condition. It is mostly written in pencil but is quite legible. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 5300

‎Caribbean; West Indies; Barbados; Guiana; Native American; Pinckard George‎

‎NOTES ON THE WEST INDIES: Written During the Expedition Under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby: Including Observations on The Island of Barbadoes and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops Upon The Coast of Guiana: Likewise Remarks Relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies and The Indians of South America: with Occasional Hints Regarding The Seasoning or Yellow Fever of Hot Climates.‎

‎London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. 3 volumes. First Edition. A Very Rare Complete Set. 8vo handomely bound in antique half tan calf at a later date over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands and red morocco lettering labels gilt. xxiv448; xvi 472; xix 1 errata 456 pp. A very handsome copy the bindings in excellent condition the half-titles are present in the required volumes prelims and endleaves with the inevitable browning some spotting throughout due to the paper content still a pleasing and collectible set. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION COMPLETE SET OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON THE WEST INDIES in which Pinckard describes his experiences in the West Indies and Guiana particularly of slavery. There is much on the customs and social goings on of the slave population and on the economy of slavery during this period. Passages from this work were reprinted by abolitionists in 1807. In October 1795 the author had been appointed a physician to the forces and was selected to join Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition to the West Indies where he was on the Santo Domingo staff. He reached Barbados in February 1796. His constant work on medical ailments and especially of Yellow Fever during this expedition are of significant importance. <br> Pinckard was in Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and served on the staff of General Samuel Hulse. He was promoted for his services to the rank of deputy inspector-general of hospitals and had a part in the direction of the medical service in the Duke of York's expedition to Den Helder. On his return he took a house in Great Russell Street then moved to Bloomsbury Square London and resided there till his death. He established the Bloomsbury Dispensary and was physician to it for thirty years. In 1823 he formulated the idea of insuring lives beyond the normal bounds from a medical standpoint leading to the foundation in 1824 of Clerical Medical. He was chairman and a director from its foundation in 1824 to his death in 1835. Wiki. Larned calls the work a very useful and readable description of Barbadoes Guiana and the West Indies Islands.<br> Complete three volume sets of the first edition of Pinckard's Notes on the West Indies are very rare in commerce.<br> Sabin 62893. Larned 4132<br> Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 70117

‎Caribe Roman‎

‎Confidential Source Ninety-Six: The Making of America's Preeminent Confidential Informant‎

‎Hachette Books. Used - Very Good. Light to moderate shelf wear. Complete. Clean pages. Hachette Books unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 1025305 ISBN : 0316315370 9780316315371

‎Caribe Roman; Cea Robert‎

‎Memorias de un infiltrado / Confidential Source Ninety-Six Spanish Edition‎

‎Ediciones B. PAPERBACK. 6073167776 . New. Ediciones B paperback‎

Bookseller reference : Z6073167776ZN ISBN : 6073167776 9786073167772

‎Caribe Roman; Cea Robert‎

‎Memorias de un infiltrado / Confidential Source Ninety-Six Spanish Edition‎

‎Ediciones B. PAPERBACK. 6073167776 Remainder mark . Fine. Ediciones B paperback‎

Bookseller reference : Z6073167776Z1 ISBN : 6073167776 9786073167772

‎Caribe Betania Editores Editores; Life Applications Staff‎

‎Biblia del Diario Vivir‎

‎Grupo Nelson 1997. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Grupo Nelson hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : G0899224156I3N00 ISBN : 0899224156 9780899224152

‎Caribe Betania Staff‎

‎La Biblia Juvenil‎

‎Grupo Nelson 1992. Hardcover. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Grupo Nelson hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : G0899222587I2N00 ISBN : 0899222587 9780899222585

‎Caribe Editorial‎

‎Día A Día En La Plenitud Del Espíritu‎

‎Editores Caribe/Betania. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. Editores Caribe/Betania paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3198478612 ISBN : 0899225160 9780899225166

‎Caribe Tourist Promotions‎

‎Castles De Mi Viejo of My Old Man San Juan Castles of Old San Juan San Cristobol and San Felipe Del Morro‎

‎Carolina Puerto Rico: Caribe Tourists Promotions Inc 1976 No marks. In both English and Spanish. Illustrated in color and b&w with maps and drawings. Ships in sturdy cardboard no bubble mailers!. Third Edition Second Impression. Wire-Stitched. Used - Like New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Book. Caribe Tourists Promotions, Inc paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 9652

‎Caribe/Betania Editores‎

‎Lobos Con Piel de Ovejas‎

‎2007-06-03. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0881133167 ISBN : 0881133167 9780881133165

‎Carlson Lori Marie and Hijuelos Oscar‎

‎Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish‎

‎New York New York: Free Press 2006. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 1st Printing. Very good trade paperback. Nice clean tight copy. Free Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : EK1171 ISBN : 0743276620 9780743276627

‎Carpentier Alejo‎

‎Ecue-Yamba-O Bruguera Libro amigo: 1502/634‎

‎<p>In Spanish. Paperback. 218 pp. Barcelona: Bruguera Libro amigo. 3era ed 1980. Ships immediately.</p> Bruguera paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio1058 ISBN : 8402061451 9788402061454

‎CARRIZO Juan Alfonso‎

‎Cancionero Popular de Salta. Recogido y anotado por Carrizo J. A.‎

‎Universidad Nacional de Tucuman. With autograph dedication from the author. 708 pp. Cover and spine have wear on edges. Binding is quite original interior in immaculate condition. A. Baiocco & Cia paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio313

‎CASTEL, Jorge.‎

‎Anexión y abandono de Santo Domingo (1861-1865).‎

‎Madrid, 1954 ["Cuadernos de Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales y Política Exterior de España"]. 4to.; 84 pp. Cubiertas originales.‎

‎Catherine Higgs Barbara A. Moss and Earline Rae Ferguson‎

‎Stepping Forward: Black Women in Africa and the Americas‎

‎Chicago Illinois U.S.A.: Ohio Univ Pr 2002 Near new condition. Signed and inscribed on the title page by the editor Rae Ferguson and dated 12/17/02. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ohio Univ Pr hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009094 ISBN : 0821414550 9780821414552

‎Cesar Vallejo‎

‎Trilce‎

‎<p>In Spanish. Paperback. 127 pp. Name of previous owner. Strong binding; clean pages. Ships immediately.</p> Losada paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio461

‎Chaviano Daína Lepage Caroline‎

‎L ILE DES AMOURS ETERNELLES‎

‎BUCHET CHASTEL 2008 444 pages 20 2x3x13 4cm. 2008. Broché. 444 pages.‎

‎Bon état‎

Bookseller reference : 500074105

‎Chaffin Tom‎

‎Fatal Glory : Narciso Lopez and the First Clandestine U. S. War Against Cuba‎

‎Charlottesville VA U.S.A.: Charlottesville VA U.S.A.: University Press of Virginia 1996 1996. Hb. VG/VG. 1st. Signed by Author. 282pp. Extremities lightly rubbed; spine slightly slanted. Front flap Dj creased. Illus.; notes; biblio.; index. Signed & inscribed by author. 1st. Hb. VG/VG. Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.: University Press of Virginia, 1996 Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 042637 ISBN : 0813916739 9780813916736

‎Chandler Sue; Caribbean Examinations Council; Cadogan Charles Contributor; Deoraj Rudolph Contributor; Baisden Kenneth Contr‎

‎Pure Maths CAPE Unit 2 A Caribbean Examinations Council Study Guide‎

‎Oxford University Press 2014-11-01. Hardcover. Used:Good. Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : DADAX1408520427 ISBN : 1408520427 9781408520420

‎Chang Leslie T‎

‎Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China‎

‎New York: Spiegel & Grau 2008. First Edition First Printing . Grey Cloth / Boards. Fine Book/Fine DJ. signed and dated by the author in 2008 otherwise as new. <br/> <br/> Spiegel & Grau hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 022694 ISBN : 0385520174 9780385520171

‎Charles Berlitz / Joseph Manson Valentine‎

‎The Bermuda Triangle‎

‎<p>The Bermuda Triangle is a best-selling 1974 book by Charles Berlitz which popularized the belief of the Bermuda Triangle as an area of ocean prone to disappearing ships and airplanes. The book sold nearly 20 million copies in 30 languages.1<br />In the book Charles elaborates upon several theories for the purported disappearances. One of those theories states that the Bermuda Triangle was actually a by-product of the destruction of Atlantis.<br />The book was the subject of criticism in Larry Kusche's 1975 work The Bermuda Triangle Mystery—Solved in which Kusche cites errors in the reports of missing ships and has also said "If Berlitz were to report that a boat were red the chance of it being some other color is almost a certainty."2 Lloyd's of London has determined the Triangle to be no more dangerous than any other piece of the ocean and does not charge unusual rates of insurance for passage through the area. United States Coast Guard records confirm this determination. However tales of missing ships although promoted by Berlitz existed prior to the book's publication. He first heard of these tales at his travel agency wondering why his customers requested to avoid flying over this region.</p><p>Souvenir Press 01/01/1975. Notes of Edition or Printing history. Copy write page: copyright 1974 by Charles Berlitz. First Publishedin the U. S. A. by Doubleday and Company Inc. Firt British Edition published 1975 by Souvenier Press LTD. with the colabortion of J. Manson valentine. Book in very good condition clean bright tight very slight shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. DJ in very good condition clean and vibrant clipped front flap.</p> Souvenier Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : biblio 718

‎CHARNAY Desire introduction by Allen Thorndike Rice;‎

‎The Ancient Cities of the New World Being Voyages and Explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882‎

‎New York Harper & Brothers 1887 First American edition. . original blue cloth with vignette on front cover in gilt red and silver gilt title lettering on front cover and spine top edge gilted edges a bit rubbed spine ends a little frayed but very clean near fine interior in very good cover. . large 8vo 26 x 18.5 cm; xlvi 514 ii ads pp frontis port folding map partly hand-colored other maps very well-illustrated including many plates. . Griffin 1157: "Incidents of travel often entreatingly written and descriptions of Mexican and Maya antiquities." Welch 60. Palau 67185. Spain and Spanish America I 161. Cundall 1090. Hiliton 2257. The author describes the peoples and country Yucatan and Central America including the Mayan cites of Tenenepanco Bellote Comalcalco Palenque Merida Izamal Chichen-Itza Uxmal Campeche Mitla Tikal Copan and others and provides excellent illustrations of buildings artifacts art plans etc. Charnay is an admired successor to John Lloyd Stephens and Catherwood and his early photographs of the ruins are a superb and important record. 'An expedition which received stron support in the United States and enriched the museums of Paris and Washington with valuable collections' ix. A picture of this book is available on request by email. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1887, First American edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J10266

‎Cheng S. G.‎

‎The Chinese As A Warrior In The Light Of History. A Paper Read Before The China Society On January 27 1916‎

‎London: East And West Ltd. 1916. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 15 Pp. Orange Covers Printed In Black. Wear Small Chip At Upper Left Corner Of Front Cover. Last Sentence With Warning That The West "Will See What We Can Do To Our Foes Who Dare Think Of Humiliating Us". <br/> <br/> East And West, Ltd. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 029953

‎Chidsey Donald Barr‎

‎Sir Walter Raleigh: That Damned Upstart‎

‎New York: The John Day Company 1931. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. Plates. 315 pp. Clean hinges tight no marks a little flecking to color of spine. <br/> <br/> The John Day Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019373

‎Christopher Williams; Corporate Author British Film Institute. African & Caribbean Unit‎

‎Realism and the Cinema: A Reader British Film Institute Readers in Film Studies‎

‎Routledge Kegan & Paul 1980-06. Paperback. Good. Routledge Kegan & Paul paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SONG0710004788 ISBN : 0710004788 9780710004789