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Britishb> Virgin Islands

The Badge of the Britishb> Virgin Islands comprises a green shield charged with twelve golden oil lamps with red flames and a female figure, St. Ursula, patron saint of the Britishb> Virgin Islands attired in white and wearing sandals, carrying one of those lamps.
The personal distinguishing flag of the Governor of the Britishb> Virgin Islands is the Union Jack with the Badge of the Territory on a white circular background in the center.
That is why Columbus called the islands the Virgin Islands - because the many islands reminded him of St. Ursula and her followers.

http://flagspot.net/flags/vg.html (899 words)



Caribbean Net News: Britishb> Virgin Islands

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Government of the Britishb> Virgin islands is continuing in its drive to diversify the local economy to ensure the Territorys long-term economic viability.
ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Government of the Britishb> Virgin Islands has ordered a full investigation into recent reports of alleged undervaluing of property in the BVI for the purpose of the avoidance of stamp duty.
ROAD TOWN, BVI: A summary of the population and housing census conducted in the Britishb> Virgin Islands in 2001 was published on Thursday.

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/bvi/bvi.htm (871 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands Travel Guide Fodor's Online

The Britishb> Virgin Islands (BVI) consist of about 50 islands, islets, and cays.
The islands are still politically tied to Britain.
It was the Britishb> who established a plantation economy and for the next 150 years developed the sugar industry.

http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=bvi@34 (526 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands News

The Britishb> Virgin Islands government on Tuesday announced it has launched an investigation into allegations that a number of businesses have defrauded the government of hundreds of thousands of dollars by...
BVI authorities probe stamp duty scams The Britishb> Virgin Islands government has ordered an investigation into allegations that persons are undervaluing their property in order to avoid stamp duty.
David Pearey said Tuesday he is ready to face the challenges and rewards of being the new governor of the Britishb> Virgin Islands.

http://www.topix.net/world/british-virgin-islands (668 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands

For further information on travel to the Britishb> Virgin Islands, travelers should contact the BVI Department of Immigration at 1-284-494-3471.
The information below concerning the Britishb> Virgin Islands is provided for general reference only, and may not be totally accurate in a particular location or circumstance.
Visit the Embassy of the Britishb> Government web site at http://www.britainusa.com for the most current visa information.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1079.html (1519 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The majority of the population (83%) are Afro-Caribbean, descended from the slaves brought to the Islands by the Britishb>.
Executive authority in Britishb> Virgin Islands is invested in The Queen and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor of the Britishb> Virgin Islands.
In 1493, The Islands were sighted and named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands (1068 words)



Modern History Sourcebook: Britishb> Missionary Letters: Urging the Annexation of The South Sea Islands, 1883

All the men and all the money used in civilizing and Christianizing the New Hebrides have been Britishb>.
Whether looked at in the interests of humanity, or of Christianity, or commercially, or politically, sure it is most desirable that they should at once be Britishb> possessions.
They were discovered for the most part by Britishb> navigators, traded with by Britishb> vessels, regularly visited by her Majesty's ships of war, and finally evangelized by the labors and munificence of Britishb> subjects.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1883hebrides.html (739 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands: The Britishb> Virgin Islands - The Britishb> Virgin Islands Immediately to the northeast of the U.S. Virgin Islands are the Britishb>...
Some 36 islands (more than 20 are uninhabited) in the Caribbean Sea northeast of Puerto Rico and west of the Leeward Islands, the Britishb> Virgin Islands are economically interdependent with the U.S. Virgin Islands to the south.
When Christopher Columbus explored the islands in 1493, he found the Carib people living there.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108109.html (329 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands

For further information on travel to the Britishb> Virgin Islands, travelers should contact the BVI Department of Immigration at 1-284-494-3471.
Americans planning travel to Britishb> Virgin Islands should read New Requirements for Travelers available on the Department of State web site at http://travel.state.gov
This replaces the Britishb> Virgin Islands portion of the Britishb> West Indies Consular Information Sheet dated January 12, 2004 to update all sections.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1079.html (1549 words)



Bell, The West India Trade before the American Revolution

At the great inquiry held by the Committee of Trade in 1784, while Irving presented the figures given above, the West India merchants claimed that the Britishb> islands exported to the continent produce almost equal in value to the provisions and lumber received.
As to the number and tonnage of the American vessels trading in the Britishb> islands the evidence is very conflicting.
Of assistance he could make good use, for now he met the difficulties of lading which he experienced on the continent combined with the difficulties of bargaining which he had just encountered in the islands.

http://www.dinsdoc.com/bell-1.htm (1549 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands

The badge is set against the background of the Union Jack, which is the flag of the United Kingdom.
The Badge of the Britishb> Virgin Islands comprises a green shield charged with twelve golden oil lamps with red flames and a female figure, St. Ursula, patron saint of the Britishb> Virgin Islands attired in white and wearing sandals, carrying one of those lamps.
The personal distinguishing flag of the Governor of the Britishb> Virgin Islands is the Union Jack with the Badge of the Territory on a white circular background in the center.

http://flagspot.net/flags/vg.html (899 words)



West Indies Caribbean books maps prints

Copies of correspondence relative to the state of the Gaols in the West Indies and the Britishb> Colonies in South America; and also of any instructions which have been sent out from the Colonial Office relative to such prisons.
The author gives a highly racist account of life in the islands but with some interesting details of daily social life.
The latter had been harshly and unjustly treated by the Britishb> public.

http://www.pennymead.com/wibooksgen.htm (899 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands Travel Guide Fodor's Online

The Britishb> Virgin Islands (BVI) consist of about 50 islands, islets, and cays.
The islands are still politically tied to Britain.
It was the Britishb> who established a plantation economy and for the next 150 years developed the sugar industry.

http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=bvi@34 (516 words)



Overview - Britishb> Virgin Islands Country Guide - World Travel Guide

Some may be aware that Norman Island, one of 36 idyllic islands that constitute the archipelago of the Britishb> Virgin Islands, was supposedly the location that Robert Lewis Stevenson based Treasure Island on.
Since then, the Britishb> Virgin Islands have been quite successful at tackling drug trafficking and drug use, forming a party for the 1995 election called the Concerned Citizens Movement.
The Britishb> Virgin Islands comprise sloping hills of green and the impressive Mount Sage National Park, but are really renowned for the nautical thrills on offer.

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/country_guide.ehtml?o=42&NAV_guide_class=CountryGuide&NAV_Region=42 (431 words)



CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jamaica

The largest of the Britishb> West Indian islands, is situated in the Caribbean Sea, between latitude 17 deg.
In 1868 the cultivation of cinchona as an economic industry was started by Government; and the rapidly increase in banana trade between Port Antonio and the United States has been the salvation of the island financially during the last twenty-five years.
Many prominent men in the island of all denominations have been educated there.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08270a.htm (431 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands : Introduction Frommers.com

The Britishb> Virgin Islands embrace 40-odd islands, some no more than just rocks or spits of land in the sea.
With its small bays and hidden coves, once havens for pirates, the Britishb> Virgin Islands are among the world's loveliest cruising areas.
For those who want to be truly remote, there is a scattering of minor hotels on a handful of the smaller islands.

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/britishvirginislands/0800010001.html (521 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands, Sailing, Surfing, Windsurfing and Watersports Capital of the Caribbean, Trellis Bay, BVI..

The Britishb> Virgin Islands, dubbed the 'Sailing Capital Of The World' is home to some of the most beautiful islands and bays in the world.
Trellis Bay, on Beef Island, is home to two of the most popular spots in the Britishb> Virgin Islands...
Britishb> Virgin Islands, Sailing, Surfing, Windsurfing and Watersports Capital of the Caribbean, Trellis Bay, BVI..

http://www.windsurfing.vi (151 words)



WIR History

Raised as O'Meara's Rangers; became a Britishb> Regiment in 1798.
As a result of this the Britishb> Army discontinued the practice of wholesale drafting of freed enslaved Africans.
As new recruits these men were purchased by the Britishb> Government as enslaved Africans and had rebelled to obtain their freedom.

http://website.lineone.net/~bwir/wirhist.htm (151 words)



50 Places @ nationalgeographic.com

Chart your course to the Britishb> Virgin Islands with sailing enthusiast and former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite in the October 1999 issue of TRAVELER.
Take a cyber tour of the islands, and check out travel tips, lodging and dining information, and local legends.
These islands offer some of the greatest sailing in the world.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/bvi.html (191 words)



Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography

COLERIDGE, William Hart - A Charge Addressed to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands.
COLERIDGE, William Hart - A Primary Charge Addressed to the Clergy of the diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands.
Collection of the Most Important Laws, Ordinances, Publications etc, Valid in or Referring to the Danish West India Islands and Issued since the Colonial Law of the 26 March, 1852.

http://www.books.ai/7th/Col.htm (191 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands: The Britishb> Virgin Islands - The Britishb> Virgin Islands Immediately to the northeast of the U.S. Virgin Islands are the Britishb>...
Some 36 islands (more than 20 are uninhabited) in the Caribbean Sea northeast of Puerto Rico and west of the Leeward Islands, the Britishb> Virgin Islands are economically interdependent with the U.S. Virgin Islands to the south.
When Christopher Columbus explored the islands in 1493, he found the Carib people living there.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108109.html (329 words)



Virgin Islands on Encyclopedia.com

Under a law passed in 1954, the islands are administered by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior; a governor and senate are locally elected.
The islands are divided politically between the United States and Great Britain.
The Virgin Islands of the United States (2005 est.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/VirginI_TheBritishVirginIslands.asp (1264 words)



The Civilized Explorer Travel Information: Caribbean

This is a commercial site with the goal of selling you a video tape about the Cayman Islands.
This is a pleasant site with links to accommodations, business, events, a guide to the islands, recipes (we have linked directly to that page on our personal page of hot links), recreation, and more.
Accurately subtitled "A Journey to Jewish Curacao," this page gives a brief history of Jews on Curaçao and brings us up to date with current life on the island and preservation of temples and tombs (Jewish life dates from about 1650).

http://www.cieux.com/trinfo3.html (1264 words)



Chapter III: Voodoo in Haiti

Elsewhere Ellis remarks: "That the term vodu should survive in Haiti and Louisiana, and not in the Britishb> West India Islands, will surprise no one who is acquainted with the history of the slave trade.
So far they are no worse than in our own English islands, where the custom is equally general; but behind the immorality, behind the religiosity, there lies active and alive the horrible revival of the West African superstitions; the serpent worship, and the child sacrifice, and the cannibalism.
According to his theory, "the word vaudois, feminine vaudoise, had in fact come to mean a witch, as its abstract vauderie or vauldoverie signified sorcery," and was brought to Haiti in the seventeenth century when the rule of the island passed from Spain to France.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/vao/vao05.htm (1264 words)



Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy

In 1906 White was chosen to go to England and study for two years at the Britishb> staff college at Camberley, where his work so impressed the Britishb> authorities that the war office requested that he might be lent for a further period.
Many attempts had been made before, but all had failed.
West, however, was doubtful as to whether he should give up his pastorate to undertake secular work, and only consented to do so after the matter had been referred to the Rev. R.

http://www.gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html (1264 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat - Government and Politics

As mentioned, the Britishb> Virgin Islands and Montserrat were crown colonies, and Anguilla was an associated state.
A new constitution was introduced in the Britishb> Virgin Islands in April 1967.
Britishb> officials were responsible for defense and foreign relations, and local elected officials were responsible for most internal affairs except security.

http://countrystudies.us/caribbean-islands/114.htm (1676 words)



Faroe Islands - Biocrawler

This action was taken to avert a possible German occupation of the islands, which would have had very grave consequences for the course of the Battle of the Atlantic.
The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of 18 islands, off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway.
He introduced Christianity and, though he was subsequently murdered, Norwegian supremacy was upheld and continued until 1386, when the islands became part of the Kalmar Union and later the double monarchy Denmark–Norway.

http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Faroe_Islands (1442 words)



Britishb> Dependencies History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System

The Britishb> Virgin Islands, immediately east of their United States counterparts, consist of more than forty islands, rocks, and islets, the most important of which are Tortola (containing the capital of Road Town), Virgin Gorda, and Anegada (see fig.
The Leeward Islands Britishb> dependencies lie east of Puerto Rico in the region where the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles meet.
The Britishb> Virgin Islands did not join the federation and became an individual crown colony (see Glossary), with a Britishb> "administrator" (later governor) who reported directly to the Britishb> government.

http://workmall.com/wfb2001/british_virgin_islands/british_virgin_islands_history_index.html (1238 words)



Caribbean islands country studies

Britishb> Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat - Government and Politics
Britishb> Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat - Geography
Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands - Geography

http://country-studies.com/caribbean-islands (244 words)



Britishb> Virgin Islands Introduction - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System

THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN is the term applied to the English- speaking islands in the Carribbean and the mainland nations of Belize (formerly Britishb> Honduras) and Guyana (formerly Britishb> Guiana) that once constituted the Caribbean portion of the Britishb> Empire.
Although most of the islands are independent nations, five (the Britishb> Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands) remain Britishb> dependencies.
The elections were the first held in the Turks and Caicos since the Britishb> imposed direct Britishb> rule on the territory in July 1986 (see Britishb> Dependencies: The Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands, Government and Politics, ch.

http://workmall.com/wfb2001/british_virgin_islands/british_virgin_islands_history_introduction.html (3857 words)

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