England and France contested Saint Lucia -- with its fine natural harbor at Castries and...
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Read moreDetailsExplored and settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, Panama broke with Spain in...
Read moreDetailsThe Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony in the early 16th...
Read moreDetailsThe US claimed uninhabited Navassa Island in 1857 for its guano. Mining took place between...
Read moreDetailsEnglish and Irish colonists from St. Kitts first settled on Montserrat in 1632; the first...
Read moreDetailsEuropeans first saw Jamaica when Christopher COLUMBUS arrived in 1494, and the Spanish settled the...
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