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Settled by Arawaks c.300 A.D.; Caribs ousted the Arawaks c. 900 AD. European dioscovery 1492 or 1502; France claimed St. Lucia in 1635. First permanent European
settlement established by the French in 1651. In 1664 England claimed St. Lucia;
between 1763 and 1803/1814 the island was French. In 1814 ceded to Britain.
From 1833 to 1956 part of the Windward Islands. Autonomous 1967, independent 1979. Historical Atlas, British Empire - the Caribbean Page |
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from CIA World Factbook;
BBC Country Profiles;
World Desk Reference;
Index Mundi,
Nations Encyclopedia Article : St. Lucia, from Wikipedia Sainte Lucie, 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 St. Lucia |
St. Lucia, pp.231-241 in Th.E.Lynch, The Wonders of the West Indies, 1856, GB |
Links, General |
from LANIC;
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL Category : Saint Lucia, from Wikipedia |
Links | General |
Category : Saint Lucia, from Wikipedia |
on History |
Category : History of Saint Lucia, from Wikipedia |
Organizations |
Association of Caribbean Historians Caribbean Contacts, from Caribbean Database of Documentary Heritage British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group St. Lucia National Trust |
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 St. Lucia |
St. Lucia, pp.329-335 in vol.2 : Possessions in the West Indies, of R.M. Martin, History of the British Colonies, 2nd ed. 1838, GB |
Specific Periods |
W.H. Siebert, The Legacy of the American Revolution to the British West Indies and Bahamas (1913), posted on
Internet Archive |
Politics | Links |
Category : Politics of Saint Lucia, from Wikipedia;
Political Resources on the Web : St. Lucia;
Governments on the WWW : Saint Lucia |
Foreign Policy |
Wikipedia : Caribbean Community (member since 1974),
Wikipedia : Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (founding member 1981);
Wikipedia : Organization of American States (member since 1979);
United Nations (since 1979) Association of Caribbean States (since 1994) Article : Foreign Relations of St. Lucia |
Military |
Category : Military of Saint Lucia, from Wikipedia Regiments of the British West Indies and Bermuda, by Frank Goodwill |
Economy & Finances |
Entry Saint Lucia,
from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor;
Article Economy of the Bahamas, from Wikipedia Category : Economy of Saint Lucia, from Wikipedia Saint Lucia, from Ministry of Rum |
J. Stephen, The slavery of the British West India colonies delineated,
vol.1, 1824,
vol.2, 1830, GB |
Ethnography |
Languages of Saint Lucia (2), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : St. Lucia Sainte Lucie, from L'amenagement linguistique dans le monde, in French |
Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses - St. Lucia, from Kirken i Norge Category : Religion in Saint Lucia, from Wikipedia |
Local History |
Institutions |
St. Lucia, from Airline History Structurae : Saint Lucia Search Lighthouse Explorer for Saint Lucia |
Culture |
Saint Lucia at the Olympics, from Wikipedia |
Biographies |
Lists of Eastern Caribbean People, scroll down for St. Lucia |
Others |
Disaster History by Country : Saint Lucia, from Relief Web;
History with Tropical Systems : St. Lucia, from Hurricane City 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. Lucia pp.43-55 |
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Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon),
from Rulers (B. Schemmel),
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) |
Lists of Ambassadors |
Article : United States Ambassador to St. Lucia, from Wikipedia;
Heads of Post : St. Lucia, from MOFA, Canada List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to St. Lucia, from Wikipedia |
Lists of Consuls |
Political Graveyard : St. Lucia, has incomplete list of U.S. consuls |
Lists of Bishops |
Population Figures |
from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer) |
Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 |
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from Psephos, since 1997;
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Documents | Historical Newspapers | Hemerotheques |
Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library |
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History of St. Lucia, from World History Archives |
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from Online Newspapers,
from World Newspapers (links) The Voice 2007- |
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British Pathe |
Image Databanks |
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License Plates, from Francoplaque, from
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Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK) Search Janus |
Constitutions, Laws |
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by St. Lucia, from
ILO, 28 docs. since 1980 St. Lucia, pp.267-303 in Charles Clark, A summary of colonial law, the practice of the Court of Appeals from the Plantations and of the Laws and their Administration of All the Colonies, 1834, GB St. Lucia, pp.579- in vol.1 of J.H. Howard The laws of the British colonies, in the West Indies and other parts of America concerning Real and Personal Property and the Manumission of Slaves with a View of the Constitution of each Colony, 1827, GB |
Consular Reports |
Chamber of Commerce Reports |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Articles Windward Islands, from EB 1911 Article Santa Lucia, Castries, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
Religious |
St. Lucia, p.307 in W. Chapin, The Missionary Gazetteer, 1825, GB |
Economic |
Martinico, St. Lucia, Guadaloupe, Marigalante, St. Martin etc., pp.363-364 in vol.1 of P. Kelly,
The Universal Cambist, 1811, GB |
Geographical |
St. Lucia, pp.88-89 in The Present State of the West Indies, 1778, GB French West Indies : St. Lucia, pp.842-843 in J. Morse, The American universal geography, 1805, GB St. Lucia, pp.678-679 in vol.4 of J. Adolphus, The political state of the British Empire, 1818, GB St. Lucia pp.426-427 in vol.3 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1827, GB St. Lucie, pp.26-28 in G. Long, America and the West Indies: geographically described, 1845, GB |
Historical |
Of the Islands of St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica, Tobago, Barbuda and Anguilla, pp.590-591 in vol.3 of Th. Salmon,
Modern history or the present state of all nations, 1746, GB Sainte Lucie, pp.122-126 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 French West Indies : St. Lucia, pp.318-319 in vol.4 of W. Winterbotham, An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States and of the European Settlements in America and the West Indies, 1795, GB St. Lucia, pp.443-444 in vol.2 of S. Maulder, The history of the world, 1856, GB |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
St. Lucia, pp.157-164 in Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Guide to the Madeiras,
Azores, British and foreign West Indies ..., 1844, GB |
Residence Memoirs |
F.W.N. Bayley, Four years' residence in the West Indies, 1830, GB H.N. Coleridge, Six Months' Residence in the West Indies in 1825, 3rd ed. 1832, GB G.W. des Voeux, My colonial service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia, Newfoundland, And Hong Kong, with interludes (1903), vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive |
Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
Museum Directory : St. Lucia, from
Caribbean Museums |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry National Anthem, posted by Government of Saint Lucia |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of St. Lucia, from World Currency Museum;
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Collections of Coins : from World Coin Gallery |
Stamps |
Rare Saint Lucia Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;
St. Lucia Stamps 1860-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer |
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Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
on St. Lucia | survey of bibliographies |
bibliographic database |
general bibliographies |
annual bibliographies |
specialist bibliographies |
serial publications |
general bibliographies St. Lucia 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 |
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Google Books;
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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 Gad Heuman, The British West Indies, pp.470-493 in : Andrew Porter (ed.), The Oxford History of the British Empire, Vol.III : The Nineteenth Century, Oxford : UP 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 909.0971241 O98o v.3 |
Specific Topics |
Historical Dictionaries |
Yearbooks |
Article St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 p. 657 (on events of 1912) [G] Article West Indies, British, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1945, pp. 760-761 (on events in 1945) [G] Article West Indies, British, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1946, pp. 823-824 (on events in 1945) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1947 pp.835-836 (on events of 1946) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1948 p.801 (on events of 1947) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1949 p.684 (on events of 1948) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1950, p. 736 (on events in 1949) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1951, pp. 738-739 (on events in 1950) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1952, pp. 738-739 (on events in 1951) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1953, pp. 747-748 (on events in 1952) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1954, p. 747 (on events in 1953) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1955, pp. 809-810 (on events in 1954) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1956, p. 746 (on events in 1955) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1957, p. 809 (on events in 1956) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1958, p. 749 (on events in 1957) [G] Article West Indies, The, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1959, pp. 744-746 (on events in 1958) [G] Article West Indies, The, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1960, pp. 744-746 (on events in 1959) [G] Article West Indies, The, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1961, pp. 745-747 (on events in 1960) [G] Article West Indies, The, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1962, pp. 734-736 (on events in 1961) [G] Article Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1963, p. 852 (on events in 1962) [G] Article Colonies and Dependent Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1964, pp. 265-268 (on events in 1963) [G] Article Colonies and Other Dependencies : Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1965, p. 253 (on events in 1964) [G] Article Colonies and Other Dependencies : Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1966, p. 204 (on events in 1965) [G] Article Colonies and Other Dependencies : Windward Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1966, pp. 219-222 (on events in 1965) [G] Article Colonies and Other Dependencies : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1968, p. 217 (on events in 1967) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 pp.273, 276, 278 (on events in 1968) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1970 p.278 (on events in 1969) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1971 pp.266-268 (on events in 1970) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1972 pp.238-239, 244 (on events in 1971) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1973 pp.229-230, 236 (on events in 1972) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1974 pp.246-247, 252 (on events in 1973) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1975 pp.230-231 (on events in 1974) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1976 pp.247-248, 253 (on events in 1975) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1977 pp.246-248, 253 (on events in 1976) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1978 p.306 (on events in 1977) [G] Article Dependent States : St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1979 p.307 (on events in 1978) [G] Article : West Indies : Windward Islands : St. Lucia, in : Statesman's Year Book 1910 pp.270-271, 1919 p.336, 1924 pp.336-337, 1925 pp.340-341, 1926 p.340, 1928 p.339, 1929 p.344, 1932 pp.346-347, 1937 p.371, 1943 pp.289-290 [G] Article : Leeward and Windward Islands : St. Lucia, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.172-173, 1975-1976 pp.516-517 [G] Article : West Indies : St. Lucia, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1978-1979 p.1595 [G] Article : St. Lucia, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.144-145, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.144-145 [G] Article : Windward Islands - St. Lucia, in : Americana Annual 1945 p.757 (on events of 1944) [G] Article : Windward Islands - St. Lucia, in : Americana Annual 1946 pp.790-791 (on events of 1945) [G] Article : Windward Islands - St. Lucia, in : Americana Annual 1947 pp.754-755 (on events of 1946) [G] Article : Windward Islands - St. Lucia, in : Americana Annual 1957 pp.841-842 (on events of 1956) [G] Article : West Indies Federation - Windward Islands - St. Lucia, in : Americana Annual 1962 pp.827-830 (on events of 1961) [G] Article : West Indies Federation - Windward Islands - St. Lucia, in : Americana Annual 1963 pp.736-738 (on events of 1962) [G] Article : Windward Islands - St. Lucia, in : Americana Annual 1964 p.723 (on events of 1963) [G] Article : West Indies - Windward Islands, in : Americana Annual 1965 pp.744-745 (on events of 1964) [G] Article St. Lucia, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1980 p.612, 1981 pp.611-612, 1982 pp.612-613, 1983 p.607, 1984 pp.609-610, 1985 pp.593, 769, 1986 pp.586, 768, 1988 pp.508, 688, 1989 pp.509, 688, 1990 pp.525, 704 [G] Article : St. Lucia, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1980-1981 pp.1031-1033, 1983-1984 pp.1029-1030, 1984-1985 pp.1026-1027, 1985-1986 pp.1028-1029, 1987-1988 pp.1032-1033, 1988-1989 pp.1036-1037, 1989-1990 pp.1048-1049, 1990-1991 pp.1049-1050, 1991-1992 pp.1049-1051, 1992-1993 pp.1137-1139, 1993-1994 pp.1135-1137, 1994-1995 pp.1135-1137, 1995-1996 pp.1127-1129, 1996-1997 pp.1103-1105, 1997-1998 pp.1106-1107, 1998-1999 pp.1202-1204, 2000 pp.1346-1348, 2001 pp.1309-1311, 2002 pp.1363-1366, 2003 pp.1362-1365, 2004 pp.1367-1370, 2005 pp.1377-1380 [G] Article : St. Lucia, in : The World in Figures 4th ed. 1984 pp.144-145 [G] Entry : Travel Warning - St. Lucia, pp.588-590, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2000, Supplement [G] Entry : Saint Lucia, Cabinet p.85, Background Notes : St. Lucia, pp.1093-1097, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G] Entry : St. Lucia, pp.866-869 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G] Entry : St. Lucia, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.315-318 [G] |