Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2018 | Page 481

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: Corjantrip