2-696-830 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Gathering Cocoa, Trinidad, B.W.I.', (British West Indies), early 20th century. Workers with a pile of cocoa beans on a plantation during the colonial period. Cacao, or cocoa, has contributed to the socio-economic development of Trinidad and Tobago for over 200 years, ever since the Spanish first planted the Criollo variety in 1525. [Stephens Ltd., Trinidad ]