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Definition of St. eustatius
1. Noun. An island in the Netherlands Antilles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Eustatius
Literary usage of St. eustatius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1875)
"As to the Dutch settlements in the East and West Indies, their own avowal proves
them in a deplorable state; but st. eustatius, "above all st. eustatius, ..."
2. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1860)
"The first signal event of the war with Holland was the capture of st. eustatius,
one of the Leeward Islands. This small possession, which had been colonized ..."
3. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1896)
"... appeared before the is- 3, '78' land of st. eustatius, and summoned it to
surrender. The Dutch governor, ignorant of the fact that war had begun, ..."
4. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"In order to supply our West India planters with food for their slaves, parliament
allowed trade to be carried on there with the Americans. In St Eustatius ..."
5. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"When in the parallel of St. Bartholomew's at less than four leagues off, if there
be no fog or haze, the islands of st. eustatius, Saba, St. Kin's, Nevis, ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1829)
"T. Harper—Witness was at st. eustatius on the 21st of August, having been sent
there by the commander-in-chief,to claim restitution of a British brig and ..."
7. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"st. eustatius. 1779-1783. Letters and Petitions. Chiefly intercepted letters from
Amsterdam to merchants in st. eustatius, 1779. One from Philadelphia. ..."
8. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"st. eustatius. 1779-1783. Letters and Petitions. Chiefly intercepted letters from
Amsterdam to merchants in st. eustatius, 1779. One from Philadelphia. ..."
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