Dubai - Lands Of The Caribbean, Frank G. Carpenter

http://stores.ebay.com/Lost-World-Books 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