Lands Of The Caribbean, Frank G. Carpenter

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Lands Of The Caribbean

By Frank G. Carpenter

Rare Antique Photo Book !




The Canal Zone, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,

El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica,

Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico (Puerto Rico),

and the Virgin Islands. And pirates too!




Presented to you at this auction is a wonderful old book richly illustrated with 96 RARE high quality vintage photographs taken in the early 1900's ! You will take a journey with the author Frank G. Carpenter and view many historical, cultural, and incredible photographs of a time forgotten. Writing about his travels in the series "Carpenter's World Travels", Frank G. Carpenter gave his readers detailed stories and fascinating information about the local history, myths, and facts of the countries he visited so that every American could get a glimpse, first hand of the worlds beyond our shores.




Chapters

Just a word before we start
The story of Panama
Through the Canal
Americans on the Isthmus
Panama City
In the footsteps of the Buccaneers
Up the mountains to San Jose
The picturesque capital of Costa Rica
Amid volcanoes and earthquakes
At a Costa Rican resort
Nicaragua and Honduras
America's tiniest republic
In Guatemala City
A bird's-eye view of Guatemala
Indian peons and porters
An ancient capital
Quirigua, city of the Mayas
Puerto Barrios and the land of Mahogany
The pearl of the Antilles
Havana, old and new
The sugar bowl of the world
Across Cuba to Nipe Bay
Santiago and the San Juan Battlefields
Beautiful Jamaica
The Black Republic of the Caribbean
The land of Columbus
By motor across Porto Rico
In San Juan
American achievements in Porto Rico
The Virgin Islands
Map - Two page color map of the area




Illustrations

The city of Ponce de Leon
Old-time transportation in the West Indies
United States battleship in the Canal
Panamanian Negroes
Fighting the yellow-fever mosquitoes
A street in Colon
Building the locks at Gatun
The Gatun Dam
Through the Gaillard Cut
In palm-shaded Balboa.
Chinese truck gardens
American school in the Canal Zone
Bringing bananas to market
Modern street in Panama City
Along the Panama waterfront
The pearl-covered spires of the cathedral
The ruins of Old Panama
The beach at Porto Bello
A Panamanian country home
The San Bias Indians
Cutting bananas
The old-time Costa Rican
Drying coffee
Mountain waterfalls
National Theatre of San Jose
Costa Rican women
A bull fight in San Jose
A farmer and his saddle bag
On ponyback through the mountains
Mt. Irazu in eruption
The crater of Poas
Picking coffee
The ubiquitous ox-cart'
Road building in the country
Sugar cane awaiting shipment
Young Nicaraguans
The cathedral in Leon
View of Tegucigalpa
The "gang plank" at Acajutla
In the capital of Salvador
Guatemalan architecture
Porters from the country
A market woman and her wares
On a Guatemalan ranch
Native dugout canoes
At the Temple of Minerva
Children burden bearers
A primitive loom
A typical Indian hut
Labourers' homes on a coffee plantation
The Volcan de Agua
Ruins of old Antigua
Modern industry amidst ancient ruins
Studying the secrets of the Mayas
A monolith at Quirigua
Tapping a rubber tree
Indian mother and baby
Where our mahogany comes from
Entrance to the harbour of Havana
The time-worn battlements of Morro Castle
175 The Fifth Avenue of Havana
Patio of a Havana home
The Columbus Cathedral
Winter tourists from the United States
The Caves of Bellamar
'Avenue of royal palms
Unloading sugar cane
The beginnings of a "good Havana"
Nipe Bay
Gathering coconuts in eastern Cuba
Donkeys as milk carts
The plaza in Santiago
The ancient fort of Santiago
At the San Juan Monument
Irrigation canal on a Jamaican plantation
Jamaican Negro's home
On the road across Jamaica
Negro women loading bananas
The cathedral at Port-au-Prince
Haitian woman coming to market
A village in Haiti
The oldest fortress in America
Where Columbus lies buried
American-built roads in Santo Domingo
Jibaro home in Porto Rico
The military road across Porto Rico
A Porto Rican laundry
Picking grapefruit for export
Business street in San Juan
In the suburbs of San Juan
The Governor's Palace
In a Porto Rican school
A lacemaker
Bluebeard's Castle
A street in St. Thomas
The United States in the Virgin Islands

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