Venezuela | Guadeloupe |
In 1632 the W.I.C. took possession of St. Eustatius (Statia). The first W.I.C. went bankrupt in 1674 to be replaced by the G.W.I.C. (second W.I.C.) which was dissolved in 1792,
and her assets fell to the Dutch Republic.
From 1815 to 1828 part of Curaçao and Dependencies, from 1828 to 1845 of the Dutch West Indies,
from 1845 to 1936 of Curaçao and Dependencies, from 1936 to 1948 of the Territory of Curaçao,
from 1948 to 2010 part of the Netherlands Antilles. Since 2010 integral part of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles | Modern |
Articles : St. Eustatius, from Wikipedia,
from Wikipedia Dutch edition |
Historical, on the Windies |
A. Trollope, The West Indies and the Spanish Main, 1860, GB |
Historical, on St. Eustatius |
St. Bartholomew, St. Eustatius and Saba, pp.303-308 in Th.E.Lynch, The Wonders of the West Indies, 1856, GB |
Links | General |
Category : Sint Eustatius, from Wikipedia Categorie : Sint Eustatius, from Wikipedia Dutch Edition |
on History |
The Atlantic World and the Dutch : Netherlands Antilles,
St. Eustatius |
Historical Dictionaries |
Herman Daniel Benjamins, Joh. F. Snelleman, Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië (1914-1917),
in Dutch, posted on DBNL Woordenlijst : Vrij van Slavernij, from Nationaal Archief, in Dutch |
Timelines |
Accounts of History | Modern |
Articles : St. Eustatius : History, from Wikipedia;
sint Eustatius : Geschiedenis, from Wikipedia Dutch edition Sint Eustatius : Geschiedenis, from Landenweb, in Dutch History of Statia, from Sint Eustatius Tourist Office |
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, of Sint Eustatius |
Specific Periods |
W.Th. Hellebrand, Statia invaded from Saba, 2008 W.Th. Hellebrand, Remembering Siegfried Lampe, 2009 B. de Gaay Fortman, Eene bladzijde uit de geschiedenis van Sint Eustatius, pp.558-572 in Nieuwe West Indische Gids 1921, posted by KITLV, in Dutch S. Kalff, Uit de geschiedenis van Sint Eustatius, pp.405-420 in Nieuwe West Indische Gids 1927, posted by KITLV, in Dutch P. Knappert, Verzuimd St. Eustatius, pp.159-175 in Nieuwe West Indische Gids 1930, posted by KITLV, in Dutch |
Politics |
Article : Sint Eustatius : Bestuur, from Wikipedia |
Military |
Economy & Finances |
Article : Sint Eustatius : Economie, from Wikipedia Dutch edition |
Social History |
Ethnography |
Religion |
Local History |
Institutions |
Culture |
Biographies |
Others |
Neotropic Ecoregion, from WWF general account of the calamities occasioned by the late tremendous Hurricanes and Earthquakes in the West Indian Islands, Foreign and Domestic, 1781, GB; St. Eustatia pp.71-74 |
WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen by Ben Cahoon Lijst van Gouverneurs van Sint Eustatius, Saba en Sint Maarten, from Wikipedia Dutch edition Official Yearbook : Almanak voor de Nederlandsche West-Indische bezittingen, en de kust van Guinea 1859, 1858, 1860, 1859, GB |
Lists of Consuls |
The Political Graveyard : Sint Eustatius, has incomplete list of U.S. Consuls |
Lists of Bishops |
Population Figures |
from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer) |
Election Results |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library |
Modern Newspapers |
Statia News |
Newsreels |
Archief Beeld en Geluid : Polygoon (in Dutch) Search School TV for Sint Eustatius; clips in Dutch |
Radio |
Caribiana, from Radio Nederland |
Image Databanks |
Wikimedia Commons Beeldbank Nationaal Archief : Sint Eustatius Search Nationale Beeldbank for Sint Eustatius |
Archival Deposits |
The Atlantic World and the Dutch : Netherlands Antilles,
St. Eustatius; guide to archivalia for Dutch rule Search ARCHIEVEN.NL combined search engine for many archives; Archief.NL, Dutch language site providing links to individual archives Het Netionaal Archief : Inventaris van de archieven van St. Eustatius, St. Maarten en Saba, 1709-1828 (1869), Inventaris van de archieven van St. Eustatius, St. Maarten en Saba, 1828-1845 (1860) Nationbaal Archief van Curaçao |
Constitutions, Laws |
Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba, 2010, from
Tweede Kamer : Dossiers, in Dutch Tweede Aanpassingswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba, 2010, in Dutch Derde aanpassingswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba, 2010, in Dutch |
Treaties |
Consular Reports |
Chamber of Commerce Reports |
Document Collections |
Search : Wikisource, English edition,
Dutch edition Caribbean GenWeb Project, scroll down for Netherlands Antilles : Rodney Rolls (British Occupation of Statia 1781) |
Historical Maps |
Search Koninklijk Instituutvoor de Tropen, Nederlandse Koloniaale Kaarten |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Articles Dutch West India Company, from EB 1911 Article Sankt Eustatius, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
Religious |
St. Eustatius, pp.304-305 in W. Chapin, The Missionary Gazetteer, 1825, GB |
Economic |
Dutch Colonies : St. Eustatius, St. Martin, Curaçoa, p.365 in vol.1 of P. Kelly,
The Universal Cambist, 1811, GB J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Curaçao, Sanct Eustache oder Eustaz, posted by DTBSWS Dutch Possessions : St. Martins, St. Eustatius and Saba, pp.638-639 in J. Blunt, The shipmaster's assistant, and commercial digest , 1837, GB |
Geographical |
St. Eustachia, p.91 in The Present State of the West Indies, 1778, GB St. Eustatius or Eustatia, p.844 in J. Morse, The American universal geography, 1805, GB St. Eustatia p.424 in vol.3 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1827, GB St. Eustatius, p.42 in G. Long, America and the West Indies: geographically described, 1845, GB |
Historical |
Isle St. Eustache, pp.56-57 in vol.22 of F.M. de Marsy et al.,
Histoire moderne des Chinois, des Japonnois, des Indiens, des Persans, des Turcs, des Russiens et des Americains, 1771,
in French, GB Dutch West Indies : St. Eustatius, p.327 in vol.4 of W. Winterbotham, An historical, geographical, commercial and philosophical view of the American United States and the European Settlements in America and the West Indies, 1795, GB St. Eustatius, p.446 in vol.2 of S. Maulder, The history of the world, 1856, GB |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) Staten Generaal Digitaal, 1814-1995, in Dutch |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
Residence Memoirs |
Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
Museum Directory : Netherland Antilles, from
Caribbean Museums Simon Doncker Museum |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of N.' Antilles, from World Currency Museum;
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Collections of Coins : Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, from |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliography | General |
RHS Bibliography Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Mauritius (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Nederlandse Bibliografie Online (publications since 1974); Digitale Bibliografie Nederlandse Geschiedenis |
on the Caribbean |
National Archives (UK) : Caribbean Histories Revealed : Bibliography Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography Bibliography of Caribbean Archaeology, from Florida Museum of Natural History Directory of Open Access Journals, search for Sint Eustatius Ph.H. Hiss, A selective guide to the English literature on the Netherlands West Indies, with a supplement on British Guiana, (1943), posted on Internet Archive |
Online Libraries | General |
Gutenberg Library Online,
Internet Archive Persee (French search engine) Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Digitization Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL) |
on the Caribbean |
Digital Library of the Caribbean |
Online Journals | General |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
On the Caribbean |
On the Netherlands' Antilles |
Nieuwe West Indische Gids 1919-2010 |
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 H.P.H. Jansen, Kalendarium Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen, (Timeline of the History of the Low Countries), Utrecht 1979 (in Dutch) [G] |
Specific Topics |
Jan Lucassen, Emigration to the Dutch Colonies and the USA, pp.21-27
in : Robin Cohen, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge : UP 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. 304.809 C678c |
Historical Dictionaries |
Albert Gastmann, Historical Dictionary of the French and Netherlands Antilles, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1978 [G] |
Yearbook Entries |
Article : Dependent States : Netherlands' Antilles, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1980 pp.300-303, 305, 1981 pp.301-303, 305-306, 1982 pp.296-297, 299-301, 1983 pp.297, 299-300,
1984 pp.292-293 [G] Article : Netherlands' Antilles, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1985 pp.603-604, 747, 1986 pp.597-598, 745, 1988 pp.518-519, 666, 1989 pp.519, 666, 1990 pp.534-535, 682 [G] Article : Netherlands : Netherlands Antilles, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1980-1981 pp.895-897, 1983-1984 pp.893-895, 1984-1985 pp.892-894, 1985-1986 pp.893-895, 1987-1988 pp.898-900, 1988-1989 pp.900-902, 1989-1990 pp.912-914, 1990-1991 pp.913-915, 1991-1992 pp.915-917, 1992-1993 pp.1002-1005, 1993-1994 pp.1002-1005, 1994-1995 pp.1003-1006, 1995-1996 pp.998-1001, 1996-1997 pp.950-953, 1997-1998 pp.958-961, 1998-1999 pp.1033-1036, 2000 pp.1173-1176, 2001 pp.1145-1148, 2002 pp.1193-1196, 2003 pp.1193-1196, 2004 pp.1198-1201, 2005 pp.1205-1209 [G] Article : Netherlands Antilles, in : The World in Figures 4th ed. 1984 p.138 [G] Entry : Netherlands Antilles, Cabinet p.73, Background Notes : Netherlands Antilles, pp.951-954, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G] Entry : Netherlands Antilles, pp.764-767 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G] |