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Gouyave (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Gouyave from the South, Grenada, 1890 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/17
Scope and Contents

315 x 220 mm. Another view of Gouyave, or Charlotte Town, showing the houses on the water front and the 'fine jetty' mentioned in Drayton (1896), p.66.

Dates: 1890 - 1893
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Gouyave, or Charlotte Town, Grenada, 1890 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/7
Scope and Contents 317 x 217 mm. A view looking down on Charlotte Town, with the sea beyond : 'Charlotte Town or Gouyave (population in 1891, 2 225) is built on the shore of an open roadstead on the west coast of the island, about twelve miles to the north of St George's by road. There is a fine jetty, with a commodius block of public buildings at its shore end (!), two churches, a telephone exchange, and a water supply, which, however, is not in full working order at the present time, but extensive repairs...
Dates: 1890 - 1893
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).