Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten was Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848.
Peter von Scholten
Peter von Scholten's childhood home in Viborg, Denmark.
Peter von Scholten at an early age.
Peter von Scholten's mausoleum in Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen.
The Danish West Indies or Danish Virgin Islands or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 32 square miles (83 km2); Saint John with 19 square miles (49 km2); and Saint Croix with 84 square miles (220 km2). The islands have belonged to the United States as the Virgin Islands since they were purchased in 1917. Water Island was part of the Danish West Indies until 1905, when the Danish state sold it to the East Asiatic Company, a private shipping company.
Christiansted, the main town of St. Croix in the former Danish West Indies
Charlotte Amalie in 1851, painted by Fritz Melbye
Mary's Fancy plantation on Saint Croix, owned by George Ryan
Abraham’s Fancy plantation on Saint John, 1852