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[J. R. Haagensen]: Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix i America i Vest-Indien. Cph: Lillies Enke 1758. 72 p. Signed by G. A. Hagemann. Titlepage with some restauration. Bound in later half imitation leather and bound with around 200 blank pages and 5 pages of handwritten notes in English and French.

Hans West: Beyträge zur Beschreibung von St. Croix. Nebst einer kurzen Uebersicht der benachbarten Inseln, St. Thomas, St. Jean, Tortola, Spanishtown und Krabbenenland. Cph. 1794. 274 p. Bound in worn paper boards, spine damaged and first c. 15 pages very loose.

'Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix' is the first known printed account of the island of St. Croix under Danish rule. Haagensen went to St. Croix 1739, where he became bookkeeper and planter. He left the island in 1755 and died in Copenhagen 1771.

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