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	Experience The British Virgin Islands
		The BVI is located 60 miles east of Puerto Rico between latitude 18.25 degrees north and longitude 64.37 degrees west, and 15 miles from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands (until 1917, known as the Danish West Indies).
		The next most populous islands are Virgin Gorda (8.5 square miles), Anegada (15.2 square miles), Jost Van Dyke (3.2 square miles), Peter Island, Marina Cay and Guana Island, They are all hilly and of volcanic origin, except for Anegada, the most northerly, which is low lying and of coral origins.
		The Virgin Islands' peaks made such an impression on Columbus in 1493 that he named them Las Once Mil Virgenes, after the legendary 11,000 virgins who St. Ursula (a British princess) was supposed to have led to their martyrdom near Cologne in Germany.
	www.experiencebvi.com /aboutbvis/history.htm (2329 words)

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		This was opposed by the planters and von Scholten was forced to leave the islands.
		In the curse of the 19th century the Virgin islands gradually lost their importance to Denmark and in 1917 - after a first attempt to do so had failed in 1867 - they were sold to the US for $25 million.
		Governors Naval Governors (Subordinated to the Navy Department) 1917 Capt. Edwin Taylor Pollock* 1870 - 1943 1917 - 1919 RAdm.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/American_Virgins.html (414 words)

	Category:British Virgin Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main article for this category is British Virgin Islands.
		Heads of Government of the British Virgin Islands
		List of Administrators of the British Virgin Islands
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:British_Virgin_Islands (86 words)

	Island Sun - British Virgin Islands - 11 October 2002
		Chief Minister O’Neal told the new Governor that he has not been sworn in to govern a set of rural peasants, but a people who are prepared to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.
		He spoke of the history of the British Virgin Islands, coming through a period of hard times to a stage where the territory is now recognized by the officialdom.
		Orlando Smith said he hoped that God would give the new Governor the wisdom and the inspiration to be always effective and well balanced in carrying out his responsibilities on behalf of Her Majesty and in keeping with the constitution of the Virgin Islands.
	www.islandsun.com /2002-October/18102002/local1-v9i09.html (1304 words)

	History of the United States Virgin Islands
		Columbus named the beautiful islands 'The Virgins' in reference to the legendary beauty of St. Ursula and her 11,000 virgins.
		The islands remained under Danish rule until 1917, when the United States purchased them for $25 million in gold in an effort to improve military positioning during critical times of World War I. St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John became the US Virgin Islands.
		In 1996 Water Island, located in St. Thomas' Charlotte Amalie harbor, was officially returned to the USVI from the Department of the Interior.
	www.vinow.com /general_usvi/history/index.php (1075 words)

	ipedia.com: History of the British Virgin Islands Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		See also the history of the U.S. Virgin Islands, history of present-day nations and states.
		First settled by the Dutch in 1648, the British Virgin Islands were soon after (1672) annexed by the English.
		The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous U.S. Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
	www.ipedia.com /history_of_the_british_virgin_islands.html (182 words)

	Bahamas
		The islands were later the stronghold of buccaneers and pirates, notably the infamous Blackbeard.
		The Bahamas were ruled by the proprietary governors of the British colony of Carolina from 1670 to 1717, when the British crown assumed direct control of civilian and military affairs.
		When slavery was abolished in 1834, the result was a decline in both the economy and the population; an epidemic of cholera in the middle of the century further reduced the populace.
	sneadsferry.net /lodging/country/bs.html (612 words)

	U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		As he approached St. Thomas and St. John he was impressed enough with the shapely silhouettes of the numerous islands and cays (including the BVI) to name them after Ursula and her 11,000 virgins, but he found the islands barren and moved on to explore Puerto Rico.
		The name was changed to the United States Virgin Islands, and almost immediately thereafter British-held Tortola and Virgin Gorda -- previously known simply as the Virgin Islands -- hastily inserted "British" on the front of their name.
		The backbone of the economy is tourism, but at the heart of the islands is an independent, separate being: a rollicking hodgepodge of West Indian culture with a sense of humor that puts sex and politics in almost every conversation.
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=usvi@161&... (724 words)

	British Virgin Islands News
		British Virgin Islands News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		A series of anniversary postal stamps portraying aspects of the territory's culture are being sold in the British Virgin Islands.
		Two British Virgin Islands officials will attend this week's OECS Heads of Government meeting in Anguilla at which a proposal to replace the existing Treaty of Basseterre and regional economic unity will be...
	www.topix.net /world/british-virgin-islands (1369 words)

	Interpol Dragnet Widens on Corrupt Governors - OnlineNigeria.com
		Governors and other top public officials who may have large sums of money stashed outside these shores are running scared as Interpolâs dragnet widens.
		This is coming on the heels of moves by President Olusegun Obasanjoâs economic team who may have seized the initiative to push aside corrupt members of the political elite in the battle for 2007 presidential succession.
		Jacklyn Dononvan, of the registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands, confirmed that Solomon and Peters Ltd., was, indeed registered in the British Virgin Islands.
	nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates/?a=5400&z=12 (1004 words)

	Territories and dependencies
		The British Indian Ocean Territory is (naturally) in the Indian Ocean and the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific.
		Five British overseas territories, Gibraltar, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Montserrat, were included in an Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development draft "fllist" of tax havens with inadequate financial supersion published in June 2000.
		The role of the British Parliament is merely to provide defence and foreign relations for the dependencies, which are not considered to part of the European Union.
	www.centreforcitizenship.org /over.html (1456 words)

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		The authorized capital stock may be increased by the Board of Governors at such time and on such terms and conditions as it may determine by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the total number of governors representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of the members.
		CHAPTER IX This Agreement may be amended only by a resolution of the Board of Governors adopted by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the total number of governors representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of the members.
		In the case of other regional directors, each governor or group of governors representing a regional member or group of regional members, as the case may be, having in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 32, not less than seven hundred and fifty (750) votes, is entitled to select a director.
	www.caribank.org /CDBWebPages.nsf/Agreement?OpenPage (9730 words)

	Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His religious choice entailed that he be a passive man, which made the planters fear that there would be an invasion or a blockade of supplies because their leader was a pacifist.
		He described the condition of the islands as a complete mess, he stated “‘The islands presented a shocking scene of anarchy; miserable indeed and disgraceful to government, not to be equaled with any of his majesty’s dominions.’”
		The main governor of the BVI became the correspondent with the Crown and the BVI became a British dependency.
	www.uvm.edu /~aruck/hst164/Politics.html (1309 words)

	British Virgin Islands - Island Sun Newspaper
		The trust is intended to provide financial assistance to needy persons in the British Virgin Islands for the pursuit of higher education.
		Creque, in her own right, is also a British Virgin Islander of distinction.
		She is one of the first females to start a business in the territory and the first female to serve as a Member of the Legislative Council.
	www.islandsun.com /2002-March/19042002/local1-v8i3.html (368 words)

	United Kingdom
		The origin of the St. Patrick's cross introduced into the Union Jack in 1801 is a bit of a mystery.
		No explanation is given for the dark blue, but I'd speculate that the Admiralty chose the darkest possible shade of blue so that the colour would not fade away before the flag needed replacing.
		One of the reasons is probably that the flag is defined as having an "azure" field and in recent British heraldic tradition this has been interpreted as a mid to dark blue.
	flagspot.net /flags/gb.html (2569 words)

	British West Indies to 1962 (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		British Virgin Islands - Country Profile, by US Library of Congress.
		The British Army in the West Indies, by Roger Norman Buckley.
		British Occupation of Anguilla, 1969-1971, by Frank Goodwill.
	www.regiments.org /nations/westindies/westind.htm (893 words)

	The Caribbean: U. S. Virgin Islands -- Queer Lesbian Gay Travel -- Gay.com
		Purchased from Denmark in 1917 by the United States as a defensive move against the threat of German encroachment, the U.S. is just the latest in a long string of governors.
		Arriving in 1493, Columbus claimed the islands for Spain and named them "The Virgins" after the legendary St. Ursula and her 11,000 virginal companions who, averse to submitting to the brutish Huns, opted for martyrdom.
		Since then the Islands have passed between Holland, France, England, the Knights of Malta and Denmark, with various pirates and buccaneers seizing what they could.
	www.gay.com /travel/premium/splash.html?sernum=476 (421 words)

	Rates for Caribbean sail boat charters in the Virgin Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Itineraries start either in St. Thomas or Tortola to visit the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands, or in St. Thomas cruising through the Spanish Virgin Islands ending in Puerto Rico.
		Stay in the US Virgin Islands and visit St. Thomas, St. John, Great St. James, Buck Island, Water Island and have it all: shopping, snorkeling, sailing, beachcombing, nightlife, fishing, diving.
		We are members (Victoria sits on the VICL board of governors since 2002 and was voted by her peers(120 members) to be vice president in the charter seasons 2004/05 and now 2005/06) of the Virgin Island Charter yacht League ~ Guarantee for quality, safety and the advancement of the Caribbean crewed charter yacht industry.
	www.sailingyachtvacation.com /home1.htm (573 words)

	Pirates & Privateers in the British Virgin Islands
		radually equilibrium was reached between the colonial powers and the British Navy came to rule the sea.
		By 1725 the great age of priates ended as merchants successfully pressured colonial governors to end piracy.
		ften called Treasure Island for its association with Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island, the BVI's Norman Island was reputed to be a favorite hangout of pirates while legends of buried treasure still persist.
	www.b-v-i.com /Culture/Pirates/pirates.htm (958 words)

	GORP - Christiansted National Historic Site in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Seeking islands on which to cultivate sugar as well as an outlet for trade, the Danish West India and Guinea Company (a group of nobles and merchants chartered by the Crown) took possession of St. Thomas in 1672 and its neighbor St. John in 1717.
		Because neither island was well suited to agriculture, the company in 1733 purchased St. Croix— a larger, flatter, and more fertile island, 40 miles south— from France.
		In 1803 the island's population stood at 30,000, the great majority of which (26,500) were slaves engaged in the planting, harvesting, and processing of cane.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nhp/vi_chris.htm (3084 words)

	AAVacations.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Anguilla is at the northern end of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
		And the beaches are some of the most beautiful and impressive anywhere - stretching out in the warm Caribbean sun on shores of turquoise water, near colorful coral reefs that are a snorkeler's dream come true.
		All the beaches are open to the public, so the challenge posed to a visitor is not how to find a way onto a beach, but simply finding the one that's perfect for you.
	www.aavacations.com /Consumer/aavspcfc.asp?BROCHURE=B7&TOINDEX=5 (349 words)

	Myers, Fletcher & Gordon - Partners - British Virgin Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He is past chairman of a land distribution committee established by the Government of the British Virgin Islands for the sale of public lands.
		He is a member of the Canons and Constitutions Committee of the Episcopal Church Diocese of the Virgin Islands.
		She is presently a member of the BVI Hotel and Commerce Association and is on her second term as Chairperson of the Land Development Control Authority, the public body that has responsibility for oversight of construction and development in the British Virgin Islands.
	www.mfg-law.com /bvipartners.htm (705 words)

	Lists of office-holders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A historical discipline, archontology, focuses on the study of past and current incumbents.
		Current incumbents may also be found in the countries' articles (main article and "Politics of") and the list of national leaders, recent changes on 2005 in politics, and past leaders on State leaders by year and Colonial governors by year.
		abdication, assassinated persons, cabinet, chancellor, ex-monarchs (20th century), head of government, head of state, lieutenant governor, mayor, military commanders, minister (and ministers by portfolio below), order of precedence, peerage, president, prime minister, Reichstag participants (1792), Secretary of State.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Lists-of-office-holders.htm (896 words)

	History : Virgin Islands (British) : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the British Virgin Islands is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
		BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF THE U.K.) GEOGRAPHY
		Offers information on the geography of the British Virgin Islands, provided by Photius Coutsoukis. Discusses the country's climate, terrain, land use, natural hazards, and environment. Provides access to information on the country's population, government, economy, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
	www.loc.gov /rr/international/hispanic/bvi/resources/bvi-history.html (229 words)

	U.S. Virgin Islands
		31 Mar 1801 - 16 Feb 1802 British occupation.
		Dec 1807 - 20 Nov 1815 British occupation.
		Mar 1801 - 27 Mar 1802 British occupation.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Virgin_Islands.html (806 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Archives for Friday, May 20, 2005
		GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Despite Adrian having intensified to hurricane force as it approaches El Salvador, forecasts still hold that the system will emerge into the northwest Caribbean on Saturday morning as no more than a tropical depression.
		This means that the Cayman Islands can expect rainfall and some gusty winds...
		The main suspect, 36 years old Guyanese, Denzel Park, along with a Suriname national was arrested last Thursday while driving from the Nickerie district to the capital Paramaribo...
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /archives/2005/05/20.shtml (741 words)

	Lists of incumbents - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
		Governors of Hong Kong, see History of Hong Kong
		List of Commissioners of the British Antartic Territory
		List of High Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/li/Lists_of_incumbents.html (420 words)

	British Virgin Islands Profile: Geography
		Most Zambians don't live to see their 40th birthday.
		Central America and the Caribbean: British Virgin Islands: Geography
		coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep, hilly
	www.nationmaster.com /country/vi/Geography (160 words)

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