Virgin Islands, US
Virgin Islands, US Group of 68 islands in the Lesser
Antilles, West Indies. They are administered by the USA with the status of an ‘unincorporated territory’. The chief islands are St Croix and St Thomas – the latter includes the capital Charlotte Amalie (2000 pop. 11,044). Spanish from 1553, the islands were Danish until 1917, when the USA bought them for US$25 million, in order to protect the northern approaches to the newly completed
Panama Canal. Tourism is the biggest money earner. Industries: oil refining, aluminium, textiles, rum, pharmaceuticals, perfumes. Area: 344sq km (133sq mi). Pop. (2000) 108,612. See
West Indies map
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Charlotte Amalie US Virgin Is. - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM); 1/1/1996; 136 words
; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Charlotte Amalie US Virgin Is. Continent associated with map: North America map level: city Map Description: the city of Charlotte Amalie US Virgin Islands
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The 'bling' capital of the world - Charlotte Amalie
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 3/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...small islets and grouped them into what is called the United States Virgin Islands. The Danes founded the town of Charlotte Amalie, the arrival point for most visitors to St. Thomas. In 1724 it became a free port where goods were exempt from...
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Department of Homeland Security Rule on Safety Zone for St. Thomas Harbor, Charlotte Amalie, USVI Sent to House
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/6/2009; 322 words
; ...law [5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A)], the Department's final rule-Safety Zone; St. Thomas Harbor, Charlotte Amalie, USVI. The document [Docket No.: COTP San Juan 07-070] (RIN: 1625-AA00) was received by the House on...
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The U.S. Virgin Islands Hot List
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Palace and A.H. Riese in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. CHEAPEST WAY...Runner up: The ferry between Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Cruz Bay...Tango, between Red Hook and Charlotte Amalie, for antiques and original...
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Virgin territory: U.S. Virgin Islands: coral reefs, clear blue sea, West Indies grub
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 3/18/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...800) 372- USVI. Capital: Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. Beaches include...and Breakfast Inn: Downtown Charlotte Amalie; www.galleonhouse.com or...National Historic landmark in Charlotte Amalie, also known as Skytsborg...
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FOOTLOOSE AND DUTY-FREE; ST. THOMAS
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...9 this Wednesday morning in Charlotte Amalie and already, as I descend Government...concentrated mainly in downtown Charlotte Amalie, horseshoe-shaped Magens...to five ships. Sans crowds, Charlotte Amalie is actually an interesting town...
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TRAVEL: Celebration In The West Indies
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 9/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...make the historic synagogue in Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands' capital...Impressionist painter born in Charlotte Amalie. His Sephardic family had settled...the artist made before leaving Charlotte Amalie for Paris. Another St. Thomas...
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DETAILS: Exploring the U.S. Virgin Islands
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...highlights--Magens Bay, Charlotte Amalie, Coral World and Coki Beach...also within walking distance of Charlotte Amalie. There's no beach here...room B&B in the hills above Charlotte Amalie, airport pick-up is a perk...
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St. Thomas: The swinging Virgin // For tourists, it's a hot spot of Caribbean
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/14/1986; ; 700+ words
; CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands The old man...a St. Thomas hillside overlooking Charlotte Amalie and a reddening horizon. Sailboats...workers streamed toward the shops of Charlotte Amalie, black men walking together and laughing...
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BEAUTY FROM A BEAST; 12 YEARS OF RESTORATION TURN "THE MONEY PIT' INTO A BED-AND-BREAKFAST IN PETERBORO.(Neighbors Madison)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...Karen Hill, co-owner of the Charlotte Amalie Inn, in Peterboro, the words...so new at this." The name - Charlotte Amalie - was inspired by the artist...Business has grown since the Charlotte Amalie Inn opened three years ago...
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Charlotte Amalie
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Charlotte Amalie , town (2000 pop. 11,044), capital of the Virgin Islands of...and a popular tourist resort. Founded in the late 17th cent., Charlotte Amalie was a center of Danish colonial life. It became important as a trading...
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United States Virgin Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
...Christiansted and Frederiksted on Saint Croix and Charlotte Amalie, the capital, on Saint Thomas were founded by the...with little tillable land. With a good port at Charlotte Amalie, it became a commercial center with reliance on...
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Biology: Dolphin Communication
Book article from: American Decades
...reported on his four years of talking to bottle-nosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatas) at a U.S. Navy facility near Charlotte Amalie in the Virgin Islands. He implanted electrodes in the brains of thirty dolphins and found a "pleasure center...
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Virgin Islands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...mi/52 sq km)—are of importance. St. Thomas is mountainous and encloses many snug harbors and bays. Charlotte Amalie , the capital and the chief port, is on St. Thomas; it has one of the finest harbors in the Caribbean. Tourism...
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Pissarro, Camille
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Pissarro, Camille ( b Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, 10 July 1830; d Paris, 13 Nov. 1903). French painter, printmaker, and draughtsman, born...
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