Antigua and Barbuda history  

Antigua and Barbuda history overview

Antigua and Barbuda 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 Antigua and Barbuda 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 Antigua and Barbuda were mixtures between the conquering Spanish and African invaders and the subject populations.

Mixing of any sort remains a notable Antigua and Barbuda history characteristic.

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Since 1930s and '40s Antigua and Barbuda history, travelers have regarded Antigua and Barbuda 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 Antigua and Barbuda history, experiencing the three “pilons” - reggae, reefers and rum.

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