Map
Description:
Map of the county of Somerset, in southern England,from Carys’ travellers companion.
Creator: Cary
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Photograph of typical house on Nevis
Description:
Photograph of traditional house on Nevis. Houses were made from wood and set on piles of stones. Extensions could be added as the family grew.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Photograph of Main Street, Nevis
Description:
Photograph of one of the main plazas for getting a bus in Charlestown, Nevis. The buses are all vans like the one shown in the picture and criss cross the island.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Photograph of graduation ceremony
Description:
Photograph of a graduation ceremony at Gingerland Primary School on Nevis.Next school year they will attend their local high school.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Photograph of typical house on Nevis
Description:
Photograph of a typical Nevisian house built mostly of wood.Wooden shingles clad the walls.The living space is upstairs to allow cooling breezes to circulate.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Photograph of Treasury building on Nevis
Description:
Photograph of the treasury building on the main high street in Charlestown, Nevis. The advertisement tells of the forthcoming celebration Culturama.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Photograph of Newcastle plantation
Description:
Photograph of ruin showing central chimney of the steam generated crushing mill on the Newcastle plantation on Nevis.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Photograph of Nevis
Description:
Photograph of the volcanic island of Nevis. Taken from the sea with clouds on top of Nevis Peak.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2001
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Photograph of Fort Charles, Nevis
Description:
Photograph of the ruins of a building, part of fort at the entrance to the harbour in Charlestown, Nevis.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2002
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Map of St Christopher’s
Description:
Map of St Christopher’s, 1775, by Thomas Jefferys, from Atlas of West Indies
Creator: Thomas Jefferys
Date: 1775
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
