First English Settlement in the West Indies

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.1: Anglophone Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ronald Cummings (McMaster University), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Melanie Otto (Trinity College Dublin), Jak Peake (University of Essex), Abigail Ward (University of Nottingham)

Domains

Colonialism and colonisation

Dates

Date of occurrence 1624

Places

Nevis & St Kitts (Location)
United Kingdom (Involved)

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English settlers under Sir Thomas Warner land on the Caribbean island of St Kitts, and establish the colony of St Christopher's as the first English settlement in the West Indies.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "First English Settlement in the West Indies". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=404, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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