Print Specifics:
- Type of print: Wood Engraving - Original antique print
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1894
- Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.,
New York, 5 Bond Street
- Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light age toning of paper.
- Dimensions: 7 x 10.5 inches (17,5 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.
- Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
- Notes: 1.
Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting
background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print.
Original Narrative:
- General
View of Willemsted, Santa Ana de Curacao: n 1499 Hojeda had already
discovered Curacao, which he called the " Isle of Oiants." It was
occupied to the sixteenth century by some Spanish settlers, but it was
seized in 1632 by the Dutch, who remained masters of the archipelago
till the wars of the Empire, when it was temporarily occupied by the
English and restored to Holland in 1814. Despite its small extent and
scanty population, thiscolony is highly valued by its possessors on
account of the deep and well-sheltered harbour on the south coast of
Curacao. At the time of the conquest by the Dutch traders Curacao was
still inhabited by a tribe of about 500 aborigines, who are said to
have accompanied the Spanish settlers to the mainland.
Willemstad, capital of the colony, lies on the east side of the
harbour, which is still often designated by its old Spanish name of
Santa Ana. The capital itself is better known by the name of Curacao,
which is that of the whole island. houses are built in a style
resembling that of Amsterdam as far as was possible under the
conditions required by a tropical climate. In the passage separating it
from the western suburb of Overzijde ("Overside"), and in the swampy
waters ramifying inland, Willemstad also presents the aspect of a Dutch
town. The quays are everywhere crowded with shipping, while men-of-war
ride at anchor in the Schottegat, a deep lagoon forming a northern
extension of the harbour. A bridge of boats connects the capital with
its suburb just above two forts guarding the entrance to the basin,
which is accessible to the largest vessels through a channel 6 to 10
fathoms deep.
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