Statue of Columbus, Trinidad, B.W.I.-25521.
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-12T13:15:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-03-12T13:15:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-03-12T13:15:07Z | |
| dc.description | Colour: Sepia; Style: Portrait; Other: Bordered, Undivided | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This statue in honour of Christopher Columbus, a navigator, explorer, colonizer, who encountered Trinidad in 1498 on his third voyage, is in Columbus Square, corner of Independence Square and Duncan Street, east Port of Spain. It was a gift from Hippolyte Borde, an affluent local cacao planter and merchant. The iron statue stands at the top of a monolithic platform which has four gargoyles with open mouths, or spouts, from which water pours into basins below each. The water from the basins then overflows into a large round fountain. A few modest buildings, trees and some children are in the background of this famous landmark. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/6305 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Please contact the Main Library, The University of the West Indies for permission to use the digitized images. wimail@sta.uwi.edu | en |
| dc.subject | Trinidad and Tobago | en |
| dc.subject | Postcards | en |
| dc.subject | Statues | en |
| dc.subject | Monuments | en |
| dc.subject | Columbus, Christopher | en |
| dc.title | Statue of Columbus, Trinidad, B.W.I.-25521. | en |
| dc.type | Image | en |