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St. Eustatius & St. Maarten (Dutch)

The 'Golden Rock' — the busiest free port in the Americas, and the first to salute the American flag.

Rodney's sack (3 February 1781) broke St. Eustatius; the 1648 partition of St. Maarten endures today.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for St. Eustatius & St. Maarten (Dutch) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1636 · 1801.

Further reading

• Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean Carrie Gibson · 2014

  Broad Caribbean history covering St. Eustatius, the 'Golden Rock' free port sacked by Rodney in 1781.

• The Making of New World Slavery Robin Blackburn · 1997

  Situates the Dutch entrepôt islands within the Atlantic slave-and-trade economy (broad context).

Sources

• Sint Eustatius — Wikipedia