Aguadilla, Columbus' first landing place on the Isle of Porto Rico – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Aguadilla, Columbus' first landing place on the Isle of Porto Rico in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Aguadilla, Columbus' first landing place on the Isle of Porto Rico
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Aguadilla, on Puerto Rico's northwest coast, is the place the caption identifies as Columbus's first landing on the island, which he reached on his second voyage in 1493. This stereograph, dated about 1899, shows a town at a time when Spain had just ceded Puerto Rico to the United States after the Spanish-American War. The caption card notes thatched-roof houses, a detail that points to the simple local construction of the period. Because the record comes from old caption data that has not been verified, its date and labels are best read as approximate.
| Created / published | c1899 Aug. 30. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Puerto Rico; Thatched-roof houses; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 786 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139969 |
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