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Linguistic map of the Caribbean in CE 1500, before European colonization. Between 800 and 200 BCE a new migratory group expanded through the Caribbean island: the Saladoid. [11] This group is named after the Saladero site in Venezuela, where their distinctive pottery (typically distinguished by white-on-red painted designs) was first identified ...
1.2 Caribbean. 1.2.1 Brandenburg. 1.2.2 Courland. 1.2.3 ... This is a list of former European colonies. The European countries which had the most colonies throughout ...
In the 20th century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the decolonization wave in the post-war period, and in the tension between Communist Cuba and the United States (U.S.). Genocide, slavery, immigration and rivalry between world powers have given Caribbean history an impact disproportionate to the size of this small ...
Former countries in the Caribbean (17 C, 35 P) Pages in category "European colonization of the Caribbean" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
1503: Las Tortugas noted by Columbus in passage through the Western Caribbean present-day Cayman Islands; 1508: Ponce de León founds Caparra on San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico) 1511: Conquest of Cuba begins; 1513: Ponce de León in Florida; 1513: Núñez de Balboa claims the Pacific Ocean and its shores for Spain; 1515: Conquest of Cuba ...
During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century. The Norse explored and colonized areas of Europe and the North Atlantic, colonizing Greenland and creating a short-term settlement near the northern tip ...
European ancestry, mainly comes from Spain, especially from the southern regions of Spain such as Andalusia and the Canary Islands. The Spanish Caribbean were treated as "forgotten backwater colonies" during the colonial era, the spanish settlers that settled the islands were mostly poorer peasants from the south, especially from the Canary ...
The Arawak were guided to Dominica, and other islands of the Caribbean, by the South Equatorial Current from the waters of the Orinoco River. These descendants of the early Taínos were overthrown by the Kalinago tribe of the Caribs. The Caribs, who settled here in the 14th century, called the island Wai‘tu kubuli, which means "Tall is her body."