Thursday, August 27, 2020

Solar Salt Works, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Red, white, and blue: They are the colors of the Dutch flag and of three of the four salt-pan obelisks on the island of Bonaire. The coastline itself constitutes shallow water and sharp corals. That is why ships had to anchor offshore. From Africa came the human labor needed to load the salt, making Bonaire part of the Triangular Trade. [2017]

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