Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2018 | Page 473
A bit of Saban History
Saba is the smallest
special municipality of the
Netherlands.
In 1493 the island was sighted
by Christopher Columbus.
In 1632 English sailors,
shipwrecked, landed on Saba.
In 1640, the Dutch West Indian
Company brought people over
to Saba in order to colonize
the island. They were already
settled on the neighbouring
island of St. Eustatius.
Conflict between Britain and
The Netherlands resulted in
the Dutch being chased off
the island by the British pirate,
Henry Morgan.
For the next 200 years, the
island was controlled at various
times by the Dutch, Spanish,
French and English.
In 1816, the Dutch won
control and the island
remains a municipality of The
Netherlands today.
Photo Credit: Jimmy Jim Jim Shabadoo