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St. Kitts-Nevis

Verna P. Moll

出版	Clio Press, 1995
主題	History / Caribbean & West Indies / GeneralReference / Bibliographies & Indexes
ISBN	18510922269781851092222
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BFEUAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

The Federation of St. Kitts-Nevis, situated at the northern end of the Leeward Islands chain, cherishes a rich and varied history. Originally known as 'Liamuiga' ('fertile isle') to the Amerindians, the larger of the islands was renamed St. Christopher, or St. Kitts, by Columbus in 1493. Nevis was one of the most prosperous islands of the Antilles during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and was administered jointly with St. Kitts from 1816 onwards. The two islands became an independent federation and a member of the Commonwealth in 1983.