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“...buques que entran i salen.
Curasao:
This island the principal one of the Dutch
Colonies in the West Indies has a surface of
550 K. M2. being the soil in its greater part
rocky though very fertile.
The population is about 35000 of which the
greater part are negroes.
The language spoken is called Papiamento"
and is a mixture of Dutch, Spanish and Por-
tuguese.
A powerful wireless Station as also the
French Sub-marine Cable enables daily com-
munication with nearly all parts of the world
and ships at sea.
The stranger visiting this island is gene-
rally struck by its cleanliness and worth men-
tioning are:
10 The Emmabrug, a pontoon Bridge (Picture
of which included in this book),
2 The Punts (Not seen anywhere else),
3 The Curapaosche Petroleum Maatachappy a
refinery of crude oil which product is
brought here from the Republic of Vene-
zuela by their fleet of tank boats of which
2 or more enter this harbour daily,
4 The Phosphate Mines of Sta Barbara.
A peculiarity of the city of Willemstad is...”
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