Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2017 | Page 448

SABA,UNSPOILED

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.
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