Boven Bolivia
Appearance
Boven Bolivia | |
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Hamlet | |
![]() A cow on the former plantation | |
Coordinates: 12°10′55″N 68°13′05″W / 12.1819°N 68.2181°W | |
Country | Netherlands |
Public body | Bonaire |
Boven Bolivia is a hamlet on the island of Bonaire at the head of a lagoon on the island's east coast.[1][2]
Boven Bolivia started as a plantation.[3] Guano was discovered in the late 19th century,[4] however the plantation was later abandoned and only ruins remain.[5]
References
- ^ The Year Book of the West Indies and Countries of the Caribbean. T. Skinner. 1952. pp. 797–.
- ^ Pieter Wagenaar Hummelinck (1948). Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands. M. Nijhoff.
- ^ "Landhuis Karpata". Beautiful Bonaire (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Benjamins, Herman Daniël; Snelleman, Johannes (1917). Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië (in Dutch). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 599.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Boven Bolivia plantagehuis". Curaçao Pictures (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2021.