Description: Reclus18_08 1893 Reclus print WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, #8 Nice view titled Willemstad ou Santa Ana de Curaçao. Vue générale, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 27.5 x 18.5 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94) (edition in English: The Earth and Its Inhabitants, 1878-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Willemstad chief town of Curaçao and capital of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, on the southern coast of Curaçao. It is divided into two parts by the Sint Anna Baai (Saint Anne Bay) leading to Schottegat Harbour. The two halves, Punda and Otrabanda (Other Side), are joined by the Koningin Emma Brug, or Queen Emma Pontoon Bridge, built in 1888. A fixed bridge was completed in 1974. Willemstad is a Caribbean centre of trade, petroleum storage and refining, tourism, and banking. The town has many Dutch-style gabled houses. Important buildings include Ft. Amsterdam, which once guarded the entrance to Schottegat Harbour and is now the seat of government; the Dutch Reformed Church (1769); and the Mikve Israel Synagogue (1732), the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. There is also an old slave market and the Curaçao Museum. Pop. (1985 est.) 125,000.
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Type: Print
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Year of Production: 1891
Size Type/ Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Style: Realism
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Print Type: Engraving
