Earliest published Map of St. Kitts
This week’s gem is the earliest published map of St. Kitts and we are fortunate to have it in the National Archives. To make it easier to send this map, we cropped its wide boarders in the image attached. It was the work of Nicolas Sanson who has been called the father of French cartography. Modern cartography is said to have begun with the Dutch school, famous for fabulous decoration and colouring. A period of […]
“Early Masquerades”
The National Archives is the repository of records in various formats. These document the story of our people. A lot has been lost over the years, through disasters both natural and man-made. But fortunately some very valuable records have survived enough to fill the 2 vaults at Government HQ. We have a significant collection of reports, the most complete collection of newspapers published in St. Kitts, and a small but valuable reference library. There is […]