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Christopher Columbus was the first European to arrive on Margarita Island in 1498.The local natives were the Guaiqueries people. The coast of the island was abundant in pearls, which represented almost a third of all New World tribute to the Spanish Crown.
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (18 April 1809 – 26 December 1831) was an Indian poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata.He was a radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.