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Camille Pissarro, A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), 1856, National Gallery of Art. Pissarro was born on St. Thomas. The first British invasion and occupation of the island occurred in 1801. The islands were returned to Denmark in 1802, under the terms of the Treaty of Amiens. Fire destroyed hundreds of homes in Charlotte Amalie in 1804.
Great Saint James is a private island in the United States Virgin Islands, located off the east end of St. Thomas and belonging to subdistrict East End, Saint Thomas.The island is approximately 165 acres (67 ha) in size, [1] and is located 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) southeast of Saint Thomas. [2]
By area, the Northside subdistrict is the largest administrative census sub-district on the Saint Thomas island. The population here increased by 1,337 additional residents between the 2000 U.S. Census , [ 2 ] when the population was 8,712, [ 3 ] and the 2010 United States Census , which showed a population of 10,049.
The Colonial Law of 1863 divided the islands into two municipalities: St. Croix, and St. Thomas–St. John. [2] Each municipality was served by a Colonial Council. [2] After the United States had purchased the islands, the U.S. Congress passed the Organic Act of 1936, under which the two Colonial Councils became Municipal Councils. [2]
Map of Little Saint James. Little Saint James is a small island (or islet) [3] with an area of 70 to 78 acres (28 to 32 ha). It is in the United States Virgin Islands, [1] located southeast of neighboring Great Saint James, both off the southern coast of the larger St. Thomas island [4] [5] and belonging to the subdistrict East End, St. Thomas.
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