Trinidad & Tobago and Spain: Sharing a Past, Building a Future

An exhibit at Piarco International Airport showcasing Spain and Trinidad and Tobago’s 300 years of shared history

  • 24 November 1783, San Lorenzo el Real: Royal Warrant of His Majesty King Carlos III of Spain, containing the regulations for the population of and for trade from the Windward island of Trinidad (print), Madrid, 1783, Joaquín Ibarra, printer of S.M. (A.G.I., Caracas, 466)
  • Spherical chart covering the island of Trinidad: with its nearby islands, depressions, depths, and contours.  Constructed and rectifying Bergants divisions
  • The Honourable Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago during the presentation of Spanish Trinidad (October, 2012)
  • The inauguration of the exhibit
  • Hand-over ceremony of the first set of historical manuscripts from the General Archive of the Indies (the Honourable Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and the Ambassador of Spain to Trinidad and Tobago, HE Joaquín de Arístegui. October 2012)

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