Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2019 | Page 183

A few Saba facts
1. Saba is the smallest special
municipality of the Netherlands.
2. In 1493 the island was sighted by
Christopher Columbus.
neighbouring island of St. Eustatius.
Conflict between Britain and The
Netherlands resulted in the Dutch being
chased off the island by the British
pirate, Henry Morgan.
3. In 1632 English sailors, shipwrecked,
landed on Saba. 5. For the next 200 years, the island
was controlled at various times by the
Dutch, Spanish, French and English.
4. In 1640, the Dutch West Indian
Company brought people over to
Saba in order to colonize the island.
They were already settled on the 6. In 1816, the Dutch won control and
the island remains a municipality of The
Netherlands today.