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Sint Eustatius

Colonial Records

Dutch Colonization (1636-today)[edit | edit source]

In 1636, the Dutch West India Company took possession of the island. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, this island changed hands 21 times between the Netherlands, Britain and France.^[1] Sint Eustatius became a member of the Netherlands Antilles in 1954 and a special municipality of the Netherlands in 2010.^[2]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Eustatius," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius#History, accessed 24 November 2020.
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Eustatius," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius#Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles, accessed 24 November 2020.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Eustatius," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius#History, accessed 24 November 2020.

[2] Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Eustatius," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius#Dissolution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles, accessed 24 November 2020.

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