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Discovered in the 16th century, when the islands were uninhabited. Settled in the late 17th century by pirates and refugees.
An outpost of Jamaica since 1670; when Jamaica became independent
in 1962, the Cayman Islands remained a dependency of the United Kingdom. Historical Atlas, British Empire - the Caribbean Page |
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| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles | Modern |
from CIA World Factbook;
BBC Country Profiles;
Index Mundi,
Article : Cayman Islands, from Wikipedia Iles Caïmans, from L'amenagement linguistique dans le monde, in French |
| Historical, on the Windies |
A. Trollope, The West Indies and the Spanish Main, 1860, GB |
| Historical, on Cayman Islands |
| Links | General |
from LANIC;
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World Category : Cayman Islands, from Wikipedia |
| on History |
Category : History of the Cayman Islands, from Wikipedia |
| Organizations |
Association of Caribbean Historians Caribbean Contacts, from Caribbean Database of Documentary Heritage British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group |
| Historical Dictionaries |
| Timelines |
from BBC News |
| Accounts of History | Modern |
from Wikipedia |
| Historical, of the Caribbean |
Th. Coke, A history of the West Indies,
vol.1, 1808,
vol.2, 1810,
vol.3, 1811, GB Th. Southey, Chronological history of the West Indies, vol.1, 1827, GB (out of 3 vols.) C.E. Meinecke, Versuch einer Geschichte der europaischen Colonien in Westindien, 1831, in German, GB E. Regnault et al., Histoire des Antilles et des colonies françaises, espagnoles, anglaises .., 1849, in French, GB |
| Historical, on the Cayman Islands |
| Specific Periods |
| Politics |
Political Resources on the Web : Cayman Islands Governments on the WWW : Cayman Islands |
| Military |
Regiments of the British West Indies and Bermuda, by Frank Goodwill |
| Economy & Finances |
Entry Cayman Islands,
from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor Outlets in the Caribbean, from Royal Bank of Canada |
| Social History |
J. Stephen, The slavery of the British West India colonies delineated,
vol.1, 1824,
vol.2, 1830, GB |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Cayman Islands (1), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Cayman Islands Iles Caïmans, from L'amenagement linguistique dans le monde, in French |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses - Cayman Islands, from
Kirken i Norge |
| Local History |
Districts of Cayman Islands, from www.statoids.com |
| Institutions |
Cayman Islands, from Airline History Structurae : Cayman Islands Search Lighthouse Explorer for Cayman Islands |
| Culture |
| Biographies |
| Others |
Disaster History by Country : the Cayman Islands, from Relief Web Neotropic Ecoregion, from WWF |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon),
from Rulers (B. Schemmel) |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Heads of Post : Cayman Islands, from
MOFA, Canada |
| Lists of Consuls |
| Lists of Bishops |
| Population Figures |
from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer) |
| Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 |
| Election Results |
from Psephos, since 2005;
from IFES Election Guide, since 2005 |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers | Hemerotheques |
Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library |
| Selected Articles |
History of the Cayman Islands, from World History Archives |
| Modern Newspapers |
Newspapers and News Media : Cayman Islands, from ABYZ;
from Online Newspapers (links) |
| Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
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Systematic Collections Specialist |
| Accidental Collections |
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Universal Collections Items on the Cayman Islands |
License Plates, from Francoplaque, from
License Plates around the World Airline Timetable Images : Cayman Airways |
| Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK) |
| Constitutions, Laws |
| Treaties |
| Consular Reports |
| Chamber of Commerce Reports |
| Document Collections |
Socviety of Genealogists : West Indies, scroll down for Cayman Islands |
| Historical Maps |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article : Cayman Islands, from EB 1911 Article : Caymans, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Religious |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Cayman Islands, pp.59-60 in The Present State of the West Indies, 1778, GB Caymans, p.67 in G. Long, America and the West Indies: geographically described, 1845, GB |
| Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
| Tour Guides, Travelogues |
| Residence Memoirs |
| Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
Museum Directory : Cayman Islands, from
Caribbean Museums Cayman Islands National Museum |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
Wikipedia |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of the Cayman Islands, from World Currency Museum;
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Collections of Coins : Cayman Islands, bilingual Russian and English page; from World Coin Gallery |
| Stamps |
Rare Cayman Islands Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamps Gallery;
Cayman Islands 1900-1935, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
| on Cayman Islands | survey of bibliographies |
| bibliographic database |
| general bibliographies |
| annual bibliographies |
| specialist bibliographies |
| serial publications |
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general bibliographies Cayman Islands entries |
Annotated Bibliography for the English Speaking Caribbean (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
Bermuda, The British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) (In order of importance.), from Florida Coastal School of Law National Archives (UK) : Caribbean Histories Revealed : Bibliography Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography Bibliography of Caribbean Archaeology, from Florida Museum of Natural History |
| booksellers |
| Online Libraries | general |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
Gallica Biblioteca Digital Hispanica; Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |
| on the Caribbean |
Digital Library of the Caribbean |
| Online Journals | General |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| On the Caribbean |
| General Accounts |
Jan Rogozinski, A Brief History of the Caribbean (1992) London : Penguin 1994 [G] Mordechai Arbell, The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean, Jerusalem : Gefen 2002 |
| Historical Dictionaries |
| Yearbooks |
Article : West Indies, British, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1945 pp.760-761, 1946 pp.823-824 [G] Article : West Indies, The, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1959 pp.744-746, 1960 pp.744-746, 1961 pp.745-747, 1962 pp.734-736, 1963 pp.249-250 [G] Article : Colonies and Other Dependencies, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1965 p.252, 1966 p.203, 1967 p.218, 220-222, 1968 p.216 [G] Article : Dependent States : Cayman Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 pp.273, 276-277, 1970 p.277, 1971 pp.266-267, 1972 pp.238-239, 244, 1973 pp.229-230, 235 [G] Article : Jamaica : Cayman Islands, in : Statesman's Year Book 1919 p.331, 1924 p.330, 1925 p.334, 1926 p.333, 1928 p.332, 1929 p.337, 1932 p.339, 1937 p.363, 1943 pp.282-283 [G] Article : Cayman, Turks and Caicos Islands, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.174-175 (data of 1969-1970) [G] Article : Jamaica - Cayman Islands, in : Americana Annual 1945 pp.385-386, 1946 pp.390-391, 1947 pp.369-370 [G] Article : West Indies Federation - Jamaica - Cayman Islands, in : Americana Annual 1962 pp.827-830, 1963 pp.736-738 [G] Article : Cayman Islands, in : Americana Annual 1964 p.128 [G] Article Dependent States : Cayman Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1974 pp.246-247, 251, 1975 pp.230-231, 1976 pp.247-248, 252, 1977 pp.246-248, 252, 1978 p.305, 1979 p.306, 1980 pp.300-301, 304-305, 1981 pp.301, 304-306, 1982 pp.297-301, 1983 pp.298-300, 1984 p.293, 1985 pp.603-604, 1988 pp.518-519, 1990 pp.534-535 [G] Article : Cayman Islands, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1975-1976 pp.294-295, 1978-1979 pp.321-322, 1980-1981 pp.323-324, 1983-1984 pp.331-332, 1984-1985 pp.330-331, 1985-1986 pp.332-334, 1987-1988 pp.336-337, 1988-1989 pp.338-339, 1989-1990 pp.340-342, 1990-1991 pp.339-340, 1991-1992 pp.339-340, 1992-1993 pp.340-341, 1993-1994 pp.340-342, 1994-1995 pp.330-332, 1995-1996 pp.318-320, 1996-1997 pp.329-330 [G] Article : United Kingdom : Cayman Islands, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1997-1998 pp.1375-1377, 1998-1999 pp.1496-1498, 2000 pp.1684-1686, 2001 pp.1648-1650, 2002 pp.1708-1710, 2003 pp.1710-1713, 2004 pp.1727-1729, 2005 pp.1740-1743 [G] Article : Cayman Islands, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.118-119, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.118-119, 4th ed. 1984 p.119 [G] Entry : Cayman Islands, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.430-433 [G] |
