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| | | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62765 Web: East Indies, Studbooks Officers KNIL, 1815-1950] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | ||
| | | 1815-1950 | ||
| | | Military Records | ||
| | | Dutch | ||
| | | Soldiers | ||
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== Spanish Colonization (1633-1648) == | == Spanish Colonization (1633-1648) == | ||
In 1633 the Spanish captured St Martin and drove off the Dutch colonists. However, in 1648 the Eighty Years' War ended and the Spanish, no longer seeing any strategic or economic value in the island, simply abandoned it. | In 1633 the Spanish captured St Martin and drove off the Dutch colonists. However, in 1648 the Eighty Years' War ended and the Spanish, no longer seeing any strategic or economic value in the island, simply abandoned it. | ||
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