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IMG_5755 * Old Gin House - Queen's suite. * 1600 x 1200 * (446KB)
IMG_5756 * Old Gin House - Excellent accomodations * 1600 x 1200 * (432KB)
IMG_5758 * Old slave trail from coast into town, extremely steep grade. The first inhabitants of Statia were the Saladoids, who arrived in great sea-going canoes from South America before the end of the 15th century. In the 1600's, slaves of African descent were brought to the island to cultivate the land, which had more than seventy plantations. At the end of the 18th century, slavery had been outlawed in the Dutch Antilles. Today, people of more than 20 nationalities live in harmony on this peaceful Dutch Caribbean Island. * 1600 x 1200 * (635KB)
IMG_5760 * St. Eustatius, affectionately called Statia, is approxi-mately 5 miles long and 2 miles wide, covering a total of 11.8 square miles. The island has a population of approximately 2900 and is located in the north eastern Caribbean. It is 150 miles east of Puerto Rico (latitude 17.00, longitude 63.04), 90 miles east of St. Croix, 38 miles south of St. Maarten and 17 miles southeast of Saba. * 1600 x 1200 * (665KB)
IMG_5761 * some residential homes of Oranjestad * 1600 x 1200 * (616KB)
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IMG_5762 * Catholic church that overlooks sea * 1600 x 1200 * (480KB)
IMG_5763 * Catholic church * 1200 x 1600 * (384KB)
IMG_5765 * Oranjestad * 1600 x 1200 * (601KB)
IMG_5766 * more city streets of Oranjestad * 1600 x 1200 * (673KB)
IMG_5767 * St. Eustatius is a Municipality of the Netherlands Antilles. Day to day local affairs are managed by an elected Island Council, presided over by a Lieutenant-Governor. * 1600 x 1200 * (577KB)
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IMG_5768 * Court and Gov't building of Oranjestad. The Dutch Caribbean, consists of six islands : Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao are often called the ABC islands, while Statia, Saba and St. Maarten the three S's'. * 1600 x 1200 * (726KB)
IMG_5769 * St. Eustatius currently flies the flag of the Netherlands Antilles. Flag Description : white, with a horizontal blue Netherland Antilles Flagstripe in the center superimposed on a vertical red band, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the center of the blue band; the five stars represent the five main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. St. Eustatius is in the process of securing it's own Flag. * 1200 x 1600 * (405KB)
IMG_5770 * Statia was discovered in 1493 by Christopher Columbus. Throughout a swaggering colonial era that followed, the island had changed hands at least 22 times. * 1600 x 1200 * (508KB)
IMG_5771 * In 1636, near the close of the 80 year war between Holland and Spain, the Dutch took possession. During the 17th and 18th century, Statia was a major trading center with some 20,000 inhabitants and thousands of ships calling at her shores. * 1600 x 1200 * (540KB)
IMG_5773 * On November 16, 1776 the American Brig-of-War, the Andrew Doria, sailed into the harbor of Statia firing its 13-gun salute indicating America's long sought independence. The 11-gun salute reply, roaring from the canons at Fort Oranje under the command of Governor Johannes de Graaff, established Statia as the first foreign nation to officially recognize the newly formed United States of America. * 1600 x 1200 * (833KB)
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