San Juan Then and Now

Buch | Hardcover

2013
Advantage Publishers Group (Verlag)
978-1-60710-889-4 (ISBN)

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It's the capital and most populous city in Puerto Rico and the second-oldest European-established fort in the Americas. San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico--San Juan--was established in 1508 and has been an important port ever since. See how this culturally rich city has changed, and how it has remained the same in "San Juan Then and Now." View stunni

It’s the capital and most populous city in Puerto Rico and the second-oldest European-established fort in the Americas. San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico--San Juan--was established in 1508 and has been an important port ever since. See how this culturally rich city has changed, and how it has remained the same in San Juan Then and Now.

View stunning then and now photographs of such landmarks as the seaside fortress Castillo del Morro, the mid-nineteenth century military barracks Cuartel del Ballaja, and Casa Blanca, the seaside home that was built for city founder Juan Ponce de Leon in 1521. Complete with an illuminating historical overview, the history of this vibrant seaside city comes to life in in this impressive pictorial of the old and the new.

Oscar Hernandez is a Puerto Rican journalist working in London. He was an editorial contributor to Puerto Rico Remembered (2009), the book that showcased an amazing vintage collection of color photos of the island from the 1940s and 1950s. He also edited and contributed to the revised Puerto Rico Then and Now (2012).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.11.2013
Reihe/Serie	Then & Now (Thunder Bay Press)
Zusatzinfo	black & white illustrations, colour illustrations
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	246 x 287 mm
Gewicht	975 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► Karibik
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-60710-889-5 / 1607108895
ISBN-13	978-1-60710-889-4 / 9781607108894
Zustand	Neuware