The first inhabitants probably migrated from Venezuela around 2500 BC
Peter Stuyvesant
Director of the Dutch West India Company's colony of Curaçao from 1642 to 1644.
'Panama' hats
Panama hats and wide sombreros made up as much as 70% of the export by 1905, reaching 80% in 1906 and peaking at 1.6 million in 1912 (total value of 750,000 guilders or $425,000 at the time; $14 million nowadays).
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