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St. Augustine: 30N, 81W. Originally a French colony in 1560,

Spain attacks and captures it, massacring the Frenchmen and
establishing their own fortress and garrison to discourage other
Europeans. St. Augustine is of such small importance that
nobody bothers to dispute Spain’s ownership.

St. Christophe: 21N, 63W. First colonized in the 1620s by a

combination of Frenchmen and Englishmen, the Frenchmen are
ascendant on the island in the early days. Later the English predom-
inate and their spelling of the name is commonly used: St. Kitts.

St. Eustatius: 21N, 63W. Settled in the 1640s by the Dutch,

this island becomes one of the great free-trade ports in the hey-
day of Dutch mercantilism. Unfortunately, its poor defenses and
powerful English and French neighbors make it one of the most
fought-over islands. The political and military turmoil badly
damage the economy.

St. Kitts: 21N, 63W. By the 1640s the English gain the upper

hand on St. Christophe. When the English are predominant, this
English name for the island commonly is used. The island develops
a significant port that does a thriving trade with all nationalities.

St. Lucia: 19N, 61W. English colonists settled here in prefer-

ence to South America in the 1600s, but were quickly wiped out
by their own ineptitude and the ferocious Caribe Indians.

St. Martin: 22N, 63W. This island is colonized by the Dutch in

the 1640s. It remains a quiet, peaceful plantation isle for the
remainder of the 17th Century. 

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St. Thome: 15N, 61W. This tiny town, deep inland along the

Orinoco River, acquires a small Spanish garrison about 1600.
This is in response to Sir Walter Raleigh’s abortive expeditions
up-river.

Tortuga: 23N, 73W. First settled by French buccaneers and

Huguenots in the 1620s, it is built up and fortified into a great
pirate base during the 1640s and ‘60s. Despite Spanish attacks, it
survives as long as the buccaneers and pirates remain strong, but
disappears as their power wanes.

Trinidad:  16N, 61W. Theoretically a Spanish colony, this

island never has a large population, nor much of a Spanish gov-
ernment and garrison. Its heyday as a smuggler’s paradise is in
the first years of the 1600s.

Vera Cruz (and San Juan de Ulua harbor): 23N, 96W. This

city with its island anchorage is the main port for the great inland
Viceroyalty of New Spain (also known as Mexico). Once a year,
when the treasure fleet arrives, this otherwise unhealthy city
becomes a rich boom town.

Villa Hermosa: 22N, 93W. This inland city is the capital of

Tobasco province, a southerly but nonetheless rich region of
New Spain.

Yaguana: 22N, 72W. In the 16th Century this town is a small

port serving the Spanish west coast of Hispaniola. It is officially
abandoned and its population deported at the end of the century
as a punishment for excessive smuggling.