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Antigua, West Indies Antigua, West Indies
West Indies Island West Indies Island

Antigua, West Indies

Antigua, West Indies
Antigua Island is an independent state in the West Indies with ties to the United Kingdom. Carib Native Americans were living on the islands when Christopher Columbus arrived in 1493. A British settlement eventually colonized the island in 1632.
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Antigua and Barbuda; Colonialism and Colonies; West Indies
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