West Indies Collection (page 6)

Native habitation, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

A buccaneer, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Manuel Seybano, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Washing clothes, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Crossing the Isabella, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Old Santo Domingo city, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Town and bay of Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, 1873. Puerto Plata is a town on the northern coast of the island of Hispaniola, in what is today the Dominican Republic

A slave market in Martinique, early 19th century

The Commandante, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Punishment of Negroes, Santo Domingo, 1873
Punishment of Negroes, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

France assists Martinique, 1902. Allegory relating to the catastrophic eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique in 1902, the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century

Map showing the eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, 1902. The catastrophic eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique in 1902 was the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century

The Netherlands Indies pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Map of North America. Hand-coloured later

The Indies, c1899-1919 Artist: John Gleich
The Indies, c1899-1919. Private collection

Title page of Samuel Sturmy, Mariners Magazine, London, 1669. Artist: Samuel Sturmy
Title page of Samuel Sturmy Mariners Magazine, London, 1669. Sturmy (1633-1669) was a sea captain and sailed to the West Indies and Virginia

Slave labour on a sugar plantation in the West Indies, 1725. Cane is cut and taken to vertical crushing mill powered by oxen

Producing indigo dye with slave labour: West Indies or Central America, 1725. Indigo tinctoria is cut, tied in bundles, steeped in water and fermented in the centre tank

Two sugar mills, West Indies, 1764. A mule-powered mill with vertical rollers (top) and one with vertical rollers powered by an overshot waterwheel (bottom) West Indies

Slaves cultivating sugar cane in the West Indies, 1852. From The Wonders of Home by Grandfather Grey. (London, 1852)

Wealth of the Indies, 17th century. Design for a Gobelin tapestry showing rich flora and fauna and products of the West Indies and Central and South America

Sugar factory and plantation in the West Indies, 1686. Artist: Allain Manesson Mallet
Sugar factory and plantation in the West Indies, 1686. Cane is crushed in a horse or mule-powered mill with vertical rollers (centre left)

Map of Barbados, 1683. Barbados was first settled by the British in 1627. From the British Museum

Cultivating and curing tobacco in West Indies using slave labour, 1686

Excavating the Panama Canal, 1888
Excavating with steam-powered earth excavators and earth transporters at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal. Wood engraving, 1888

Scene from the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal, 1888. Wood engraving showing West Indian labourers purchasing refreshment

Digging the Panama Canal, 1888. Cutting a channel to divert the river Chagres during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal

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