Indies Collection

Lords Castle, Barbados, West Indies
Lords Castle, Saint Philip, Barbados, West Indies -- a Georgian mansion which belonged to a bucaneer, Sam Lord, and later became a hotel. Date: circa 1910

Maps / Jamaica
Maps/Jamaica

Naval Battle 1782
Off St Lucia, West Indies, Rodney attacks de Grasses fleet and breaks the French line, resulting in a fine victory

Map of Caribbean
The Caribbean, with the West Indies, and the coasts of the United States and the Spanish possessions which later became Texas and Mexico, and the northern coast of S. America

Poster advertising Royal Mail Lines to the West Indies
Poster advertising a Royal Mail Lines cruise to the West Indies on the liner Atlantis

Jubilee Market, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1905

Poster, Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board, designed by H Woolhiser. circa 1950s

The Ford at Cave River, Clarendon, Jamaica, West Indies. circa 1910

Cortes destroying his fleet. Colored engraving
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Cortes destroying his fleet, moored in the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz, to prevent defections among his crew. Volume I. Engraving by J

MV Empire Windrush, best known for the arrival of West Indian immigrants at Tilbury Docks on 22 June 1948. Date: circa 1948

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Totonaca Civilization. 1950. MEXICO. Mexico City. National Palace. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco

Tatler front-cover: Princess Margaret
A delightful portrait of Princess Margaret to mark her trip to Trinidad where she performed the opening ceremonies of the new Federal Government of the West Indies

Poster, Grace Line Cruises to the Caribbean and South America, with a view of Curacao. circa 1950s

Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, West Indies
View of Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Date: circa 1940

The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad, 1888. People cavort in fancy dress through the street, some playing banjos, others brandishing what looks like bladders on sticks

West Indies Cricket Team - 1957 Tour - Signatures
The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin

Jamaica, West Indies - The Town of Mandeville - Aerial View Date: circa 1920s

Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies - Mayaro Beach
Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies - Coconut Palm Trees hanging over the pale sand of Mayaro Beach. Date: circa late 1930s

Trinidad Carnival Band
An oil drum band playing festive music at the annual Port of Spain Carnival, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: 1968

Poster advertising White Star to the West Indies
Poster advertising White Star cruises to the West Indies, via the Azores and the Spanish Main, on the Britannic. The cruise lasts 40 days, and costs from 70. "

West Indies Cricket Team, 1939
The West Indies Cricket Team on their visit to England in 1939

Haiti Royal Palace
Citadelle Laferrire, the palace of Henri Christophe, ruler from 1807, king 1811-1818, committed suicide 1820

Map / W Indies / Hispaniola
The island of Hispaniola, now occupied by Haiti to the west, the Dominican Republic to the east

Island of Barbados, West Indies

West Indies Grenada
(Windward Islands) Native porters coaling a paddle-steamer in St Georges Harbour

Curtly Ambrose - West Indies cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s

West Indian Musicians
Marimba boxes feature in popular Calypso bands, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: 1960s

Spain (1493). Letter of the queen Isabel I to Christopher Columbus (5th September 1493). SPAIN. Sevilla. General Archives of the Indies

British Navy taking Curacao, Napoleonic Wars
The British Navy taking the Caribbean island of Curacao during the Napoleonic Wars

FERNANDEZ, Alejo (1475-1546). The Virgin of the Navigators. 1536. Central panel. Gothic art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Sevilla. General Archives of the Indies

Poster advertising Imperial Airways, with flights between Europe, Africa, India, the Far East, Australia, the USA and Bermuda

West India Docks 1810
The West India Docks in the great age of English trade - vessels lining the quays as far as the eye can see. Imports from the West Indies were especially important

Poster, Pan American to the Caribbean
Poster, Pan American airline to the Caribbean. circa 1950s

Cacrabank Hotel, Worthing, Barbados, West Indies. Date: circa 1940

Trafalgar square, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies, circa 1900. Date: circa 1900

Atlas Novus, 17th c Map of the Caribbean
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris Adiacentibus. Map of the Caribbean islands printed in Amsterdam circa 1645

Jamaica - Panorama of Mandeville
Slide showing a photograph over looking the city of Mandeville. Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica.. Part of Box 108

The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin

Market Gossip - Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean. Date: circa 1920s

Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Engraving. Colored
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Engraving by A. Carretero in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1884. Colored

Troumasse River Bridge, Micoud, St Lucia, West Indies. Date: circa 1900s

High Street, San Fernando, Trinidad, West Indies
High Street, San Fernando, Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: circa 1910

The Landing, Plymouth, Montserrat, British West Indies
The Landing at Plymouth, Montserrat, British West Indies

Curacao - Willemstad - Queen Emma Bridge
Curacao - a Dutch dependency in the West Indies. View of Willemstad and the Queen Emma Bridge, a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay, built in 1888. Date: circa 1910s

Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula

Queen Elizabeth II - West Indies royal tour 1966
Queen Elizabeth II during her West Indies tour of 1966, probably in St. Vincent. Date: 1966

Sugar Cane field - Barbados
A Sugar Cane field in flower ( in arrow ) and local Bajan workmen in Barbados, West Indies

Jamaica Earthquake
When Jamaica is devastated by an earthquake, the Royal Navy brings food and supplies for the victims

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Leviathan, a Drake-class armoured cruiser. HMS Leviathan was one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900

Sugar processing mill, windmill, Barbados, West Indies
Vintage 19th century photograph: sugar processing mill, windmill, Barbados, West Indies, works and man on a horse, stacks of sugar cane

Poster, Pan American World Airways to the Caribbean -- the System of the Flying Clippers, designed by Mark von Arenburg. circa 1950s

Poster, Fly BOAC to the Caribbean, designed by Hayes. circa 1950s

Cocoa bean pods - Trinidad - West Indies Date: circa 1930s

Jalan Kesawan, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
Jalan Kesawan (street) in Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Date: circa 1920s

View of Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, from Richmond, with Navy Island (a former British naval base) in the distance, and the Titchfield Hotel on the right. Date: circa 1910

Titchfield Hotel, Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, later owned by the Hollywood star Errol Flynn. Date: circa 1910

Ruins of Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Ruins of the Red House, a government building in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. It was set on fire during the Water Riots in March 1903. circa 1903

Treasure Island, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies, with yacht and cove. Date: circa 1930

Coconut palms, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies. Date: 1924

Grenada - St, Georges - superb view
An utterly stunning photograph of The Harbour at St. George s, Grenada, West Indies. Date: circa 1910s

St. Kitts, West Indies - Church Street, Basseterre Date: circa 1905

A Pagoda in the East Indies, by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840). Date: 1800

Jamaica - West Indies - Mandeville - Market Day. Date: circa 1910s

Aerial view of Newcastle, Jamaica, West Indies. 1887

San Juan, Puerto Rico, West Indies, from the sea wall, circa 1900. Date: circa 1900

Banana Plantation / Jamaic
A Jamaican Banana Plantation Date: 1905

Mauritius - Pieter Both Mountain
Pieter Both - the second highest mountain of Mauritius - named after Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Date: circa 1910s

Jamaica, West Indies - Banana Blossoms and fruit. Date: circa 1910s

St. Kitts, West Indies - Basseterre - The Courthouse Date: circa 1905

Trinidad and Tobago - Pineapple Plant Date: 1909

A Village Post Office in Jamaica Date: circa 1907

St Georges - Grenada
A view of the coastal town of St George s, Grenada, British West Indies

Poster depicting people cutting bananas in Jamaica
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting people cutting bananas in Jamaica

Reaping sugar canes in the West Indies
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting the reaping of sugar cane in the West Indies

Banana seller - Island of Martinique
A wonderful postcard of a West Indian Banana seller from the Island of Martinique

West Indies / El Salvador
El Salvador: San Salvador harbour, with ships

West Indies Poster
Poster for West India winter cruises aboard the Grosser Kurfurst of the North German Lloyd - visiting the Panama Canal, Bermuda, Cuba and South America Date: 1912

BERMUDA - Somers wreck
Sir George Somers discovers the Bermudas the hard way, by being wrecked there, whereupon he takes possession of them on behalf of Britain, inspiring Shakespeares The Tempest

Map / Asia / East Indies
India and its neighbours : note that Burma is named India beyond the Ganges

The Temporary Courthouse at Morant Bay
The temporary courthouse in Morant Bay in Jamaica. Soldiers stand guard at a gathering under a long gazebo, serving as a temporary courthouse. A stone grain store lies a little further away

Brian Lara - West Indies cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s

Joel Garner - West Indies cricketer Date: 1970s - 1980s

Road near Oedjoong, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Road near Oedjoong, Surabaya (Soerabaja, Soerabaia), East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). With the Harmony Society on the left. Date: circa 1900

Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies Date: circa 1860

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