Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2018 | Page 521

St. Eustatius was first seen by Christopher Columbus in 1492. It changed hands twenty-two
times but since 1818 has remained a Dutch colony. It was an important, wealthy island under
the Dutch and because of its wealth, was known as “The Golden Rock”.
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