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The first lighthouse keeper was a young man from Curaçao named Jacob Jacobs. Jacobs had learned the profession of a lighthouse keeper at another lighthouse on the small island of Klein Curaçao. Lighthouse keepers' house (1964) Federico Fingal from Aruba was the last person, in 1962, to watch over the California Lighthouse.
Name Image Year built Location & coordinates Class of Light [2]Tower height [2]NGA number [2]Admiralty number [2]Range nml [2]California Lighthouse: 1916: Noord: electronic
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Palm Beach is a tourism district about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) northwest of Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba. Many high-rise hotels are located there, such as Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort & Casino, Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, Barceló, Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, Ritz Carlton Resort, and RIU Palace Aruba. A shopping district ...
The Cíes consist of three islands, Monteagudo ("Sharp Mount" or North Island), do Faro ("Lighthouse Island", or Illa do Medio, "Middle Island") and San Martiño ("Saint Martin" or South Island). Monteagudo is separated from the Morrazo peninsula by the North Canal while San Martiño is separated from the coast of Santoulo cape (mount Ferro) by ...
De Olde Molen (/də ˈoʊld ˈmoʊlən/ duh OLD-uh MOH-luhn), also known as Old Dutch Windmill, The Mill, or Alte Mühle is a non-operational octagonal smock mill with a stage (elevated platform) reconstructed in 1961 [2] in Bubali, Aruba. Since then, it has been serving as a restaurant and a windmill museum. [3] [4]
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In 1873 or 1874, Henri Waters Gravenhorst discovered guano on Seroe Colorado, which led to subsequent developments in the area. In 1879, Aruba Island Gold Mining Company, along with Charles Brodie Sewell from London, established the Aruba Phosphate Company to initiate mining operations in the region. [6]