Many of the Caribbean islands were once foreign territories or Spain, The Netherlands, France, UK, US or the Dutch. Many of the islands are still part of those nations.
what factors motivated the europeans to explore and settle in the caribbean up until the 17 century
South Africa
South Africa, which is in Africa :)
Osama Bin Laden
For sure Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Thailand, Korea, Japan, most of China, Mongolia (even though it was very closely alligned with the Soviet Union for quite some time) and if you don't count the war against Italy as occupation also Eritrea. Oh and apart from being fought against by the Soviet Union, Afghanistan was also never ruled by Europeans or the US until very recently.
Britain
"Nederlandse Antillen" is the Dutch name for the former Netherlands Antilles, a group of islands in the Caribbean that were part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until their dissolution in 2010. The islands included in the Netherlands Antilles were Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.
The Balearic Islands were conquered by Spain and became part of Aragon in 1344. The Canary Islands were occupied and subdued by Spain, becoming a part of Castile in 1495. The Philippines were also ruled by Spain from 1571 until their independence in 1898
Nearly all popular cruise lines will offer cruises to the Caribbean e.g. Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Princess, Celebrity and the British Cruise lines include Fred Olsen & P&O Cruises. Currently the Caribbean islands are likely to be experiencing hurricanes as the hurricane season has started from 1 June and last's until 30 November.
Non party democracies have existed, for example on the Channel Islands until recently, where all elected representatives are elected on their own personal merits.
Canada was ruled until 1867 but we are still looking for who ruled it and how long
In 1899, the Tripartite Convention divided the Samoan islands between the United States and Germany. After World War I, the German part was ruled by New Zealand, until 1962, when it became an independent nation.
Non party democracies have existed, for example on the Channel Islands until recently, where all elected representatives are elected on their own personal merits.
it was ruled by Redthfatlphay (redphay) until 1567 and then became Bolivia.
The Etruscan kings ruled Rome until 509 BC.
It was ruled by Britain as a colony until 1812.
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