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Saint Martin history overview
Saint Martin history strats with the nautical discoveries of Christopher Columbus in the 1490s and the decision of Spain to establish a landed empire in the Caribbean after 1502.
For Saint Martin history these events initiated a process that is still ongoing in the area.
Two generations more than sixty-six per cent of the people living in the newly-created Spanish towns as well as in Saint Martin were mixtures between the conquering Spanish and African invaders and the subject populations.
Mixing of any sort remains a notable Saint Martin history characteristic.
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Saint Martin history resources
Since 1930s and '40s Saint Martin history, travelers have regarded Saint Martin as one of the most alluring of the Caribbeans.
Its beaches and carnal red sunsets regularly appear in the sort of tourist brochures that promise paradise.
Tourists enjoy today a pice of Saint Martin history, experiencing the three “pilons” - reggae, reefers and rum.
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Saint Martin history - learn what once happend
Initially, the relationship between the French and Dutch sides of the island wasn't very good. The Dutch side of the island became an important trade center for cotton, salt, and tobacco. St. Martin also saw wealth from sugar plantations, which were maintained by African slaves brought to the island. Hundreds of slaves were brought to the island to work on the plantations in the 1600's. Under harsh treatment, and in numbers that surpassed the population of plantation owners, the black slaves began to rise up against their owners. France finally abolished slavery on July 12, 1848. The Dutch followed suit 15 years later. With the emancipation of the slaves, St. Martin fell under an economic depression that lasted until 1939.
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Saint Martin Vacations site
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We will also run a travel blog portal which centralises the blogs posted by our visitors on all of our websites and which represents one of the world's best travel information resources, totally build by people such as yourself.
In the link section, you can check more links to our travel website network as well as to other third party specialized websites as lastminute.com or orbitz.com which we suggest you to visit if are you planning a trip to Saint Martin Island.
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