单词 | French West Indies |
例句 | Others in the French West Indies began as sandbars until seeds and soil morphed into an oasis. Everything Is Different on an Island 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z She stood at the bedroom door of "a hotel in Martinique in the French West Indies" – the Warner Bros lot in Hollywood – looked up, and asked Humphrey Bogart for a match. Lauren Bacall obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Simply being outside is ideal for clearing your head after being trapped on a plane, says Sebastien Maingourd, regional manager of Le Barthélemy Hotel and Spa in the French West Indies. Advice | The best way to recover after a long travel day The bacteria were first spotted in 2009 by Olivier Gros, a biologist at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, while collecting underwater samples in Guadeloupe, a French island group in the Caribbean. Scientists baffled by discovery of bacteria that ought to be too big to function 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z It was authorised for use in the French West Indies long after its harmful effects became widely known. The Caribbean islands poisoned by a carcinogenic pesticide 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Almost no sharks were detected on any of the 69 reefs of six nations: the Dominican Republic, the French West Indies, Kenya, Vietnam, the Windward Dutch Antilles and Qatar. Reef sharks are in major decline worldwide 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Over three years, they lived in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Grenada, as well as Anguilla and the French West Indies. Juggling Family Matters in 2 States, and Still Squeezing In Class 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Swanky St. Barts—the best-known island in the French West Indies—isn’t the only Caribbean destination with powdery beaches and Gallic charm. Holiday Getaways for Picky Procrastinators 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z He also visited the French West Indies and will travel to Haiti from Cuba. France's Francois Hollande in first Cuba visit - BBC News 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The same went for cockfighting in the French West Indies. IHT Rendezvous: Bullfighting: Hallowed Tradition or Animal Torture? France Rules 2012-09-21T14:18:38Z The National Assembly in 1790 maintained this policy, and created free ports in the French West Indies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z St. Pierre is the commercial capital of Martinique, one of the French West Indies, and the largest of the group belonging to that nation. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z These articles bear a similarity to the chapter upon and the references to this subject, in "Two Years in the French West Indies." Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The French West Indies soon attracted a considerable immigration, in 1642 the population being estimated at more than seven thousand. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Many of them never lost hope for a minute, and even those who went to the French West Indies soon began to plan to get back to Acadia. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z A Creole, from the French West Indies, she immediately took a liking to Morphy, "Because," said she, "he is another lazy Creole like myself;" and she invited all her acquaintances to come and see him. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion It was afterwards incorporated in his larger book, "Two Years in the French West Indies." Lafcadio Hearn A review of "Two Years in the French West Indies," September 1, 1890. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z In 1776 an agreement was made with France by which Louisiana was permitted to trade with the French West Indies, under the supervision of two French commissioners resident in New Orleans. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Wishing to strike France, it was determined to make a descent upon the French West Indies, for which 5,000 troops were to be detached from the army. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Remember him, the fellow from Guadeloupe in the French West Indies, used to be an operative of the African Affairs sector of the French Community? Border, Breed Nor Birth How invaluable, for instance, was Hearn's study of Creole proverbs for his "Two Years in the French West Indies." Lafcadio Hearn The act was meant to "protect" West Indian sugar-planters, and it laid a heavy duty upon all sugar and molasses imported into North America from the French West Indies. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 During the French and Indian War the colonies traded extensively with the French West Indies. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Not one single French vessel has run, or attempted to run, the blockade; not one has left the ports of France, or of the French West Indies, loaded with arms or ammunition for the insurgents. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Yes—there are many such families in the French West Indies. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator When he returned to the United States, after his two years in the French West Indies, he thought he would like to consult Gould on the subject of his eyesight. Lafcadio Hearn It was the largest town in the French West Indies, and was well built and prosperous. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror The trade with the French West Indies, "open or clandestine, was considerable, and wholly in American vessels." Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 As we shall see in later chapters, Corsica and the French West Indies were the acquisitions aimed at by the Pitt Ministry. William Pitt and the Great War The deep-water tonnage required for Canada was not over ten or twelve thousand, distributed among perhaps forty vessels on the European route and twenty more that only visited the French West Indies. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways In 1765 the trade with the Spanish and French West Indies was forbidden, but the results were so bad that this restriction was removed. Achenwall's Observations on North America The demand for slaves was continual, amounting at this period to anywhere between 30,000 to 35,000 a year in the French West Indies. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 Consequently, American vessels, plying their lucrative trade with the French West Indies, were seized and condemned by British West India prize courts. The Wars Between England and America It was far more important to strike at Paris through Brittany than to occupy even the richest of the French West Indies. William Pitt and the Great War The finest fish could be sold in Europe, but the poorer sort found their chief market in the French West Indies. The War of Independence Married one of the wealthiest of the French king's wards and sailed for the French West Indies all in a fortnight. Ralestone Luck The object of this alteration was, the appointment of Consuls in the free ports allowed us in the French West Indies, where our commerce has greater need of protection than any where. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 From this again a young plant was taken to Martinique, one of the French West Indies. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy These were, firstly, to guard the Low Countries against French aggression, and, secondly, to gain an indemnity for the expenses of the war either in the French West Indies, or in Corsica. William Pitt and the Great War The ocean Page 22pathway to the French West Indies was flecked with sails, and the harbors of St. Kitts, Guadaloupe, and Martinique were crowded. American Merchant Ships and Sailors After a couple of years, spent chiefly in the French West Indies, with periods of literary work in New York, he went in 1890 to Japan to prepare a series of articles for a magazine. The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories For nine years he sailed between Bordeaux and the French West Indies, rising steadily from his position of cabin-boy to that of mate. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made For nine years he sailed between Bordeaux and the French West Indies, returning at length with the rank of first mate, or, as the French term it, lieutenant of his vessel. Famous Americans of Recent Times It was supporting its own population, and had a modest amount of grain each year for export to France or to the French West Indies. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 The French West Indies fell an easy spoil to the British, and at Martinique and Basseterre American merchantmen were caught in the harbor. American Merchant Ships and Sailors My brethren, let us remember what a dark day it was with our African brethren six years ago, in the French West Indies. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia Could trade directly between a port of the United States and the ports of the French West Indies. A School History of the United States For this purpose some indigo seed was imported from the French West Indies, where it had been cultivated with great success, and yielded the planters immense profit. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 It was under the inspiration of this ideal that Talon built at Quebec a small vessel and, having freighted it with lumber, fish, corn, and dried pease, sent it off to the French West Indies. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 He had formed an alliance with a beautiful slave, whom he had bought in the French West Indies. A Romance of the Republic A brief naval war in the French West Indies was ended by a treaty made by a new French government in 1800. A Brief History of the United States British ships were ordered to stop American vessels going to or coming from the French West Indies, and if they contained provisions, to seize them. A School History of the United States Was the United States to consider itself bound to enter the war and to defend the French West Indies against Great Britain? Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 Yet in some years the colony had flour of sufficiently good quality for export, and sent small cargoes both to France and to the French West Indies. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 "I think it likely it came from the French West Indies," said Fitzgerald. A Romance of the Republic Tarred cordage from England came next, with coffee from the French West Indies, dried fish from Canada, distilled spirits from the British West Indies, in order. The United States of America, Part 1 For it was claimed that the New England traders who sold their fish and lumber for sugar, molasses, and rum in the French West Indies were enriching French planters rather than English. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Besides the Ohio country, the ostensible object of the war, Great Britain held both Canada and the French West Indies. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 While watching a sunset one evening from the window of his study, some one placed in his hands a circular issued by the Dominicans of the French West Indies, calling for volunteers. Two Years in the French West Indies Then, because they were at war with France, the British interfered with, and almost ruined, American trade with the French West Indies. This Country of Ours Brown sugar from the French West Indies led the list, molasses from the same source ranking second. The United States of America, Part 1 With no schooling, barely able to read and write, this urchin sailed between Bordeaux and the French West Indies for nine years, until he gained the rank of first mate. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors The significance of these events in the French West Indies was not lost upon President Jefferson. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Great Britain was the best customer, with the French West Indies next, and then the British West Indies. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest |
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