Greetings from St. Thomas, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - MAP - 5 Flags

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Greetings from St. Thomas, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - MAP - 5 Flags:  Saint Thomas (Spanish: Santo Tomás; Dutch: Sint-Thomas; Danish: Sankt Thomas) is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2010 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,634 about 48.5% of the US Virgin Islands total. The district has a land area of 31.24 square miles (80.9 km2).  In 1691, the primary settlement there was renamed Charlotte Amalie in honor of the wife of Denmark's King Christian V. It was later declared a free port by Frederick V. In December 1732, the first two of many Moravian Brethren missionaries came from Herrnhut Saxony in present-day Germany to minister to them. Distrusted at first by the white masters, they lived among the slaves and soon won their confidence.  A small Jewish community was set up in Charlotte Amalie and established a historic synagogue Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasidim, the oldest synagogue in continuous use in the United States.  In 1917, St. Thomas was purchased (along with Saint John and Saint Croix) by the United States for million in gold, as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War.  The five flag represent nations (Spain, France, Great Britain, Denmark and the United States) that held the islands of the years.  The card is in good condition.  Caribe Tourist Promotions.  Carolina, P. R.  No. ST-18 13279.