Find out about  - Antigua and Barbuda, the island nation of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea.; composed of three islands,
namely Antigua, Barbuda, and uninhabited Redonda, and covers an area of 171 square miles  Formerly British colonies, the islands had free-association status with the United Kingdom from 1967 and achieved full independence in 1981. The capital is St. John's on Antigua. The nation's neighbors include Anguilla to the northwest, St. Kitts and Nevis to the west, and Montserrat to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean washes Antigua's northeastern shore. The population in 1990 was estimated to be 79,000.  (adapted from the Britannica)

Antigua and Barbuda: A Photographic Journey 

Dana Jinkins, et al / Hardcover / Published 1999 -Beautiful islands, rich in history, and one of the favorite yachting and charter destinations of the Caribbean. Antigua and Barbuda are small islands in the Eastern Caribbean, 27 miles apart but with one government. Populated by Amerindians at the time Columbus sailed to the "New World," they were not settled by Europeans until the Earl of Carlyle claimed them for England in 1625. Although independence was granted in 1981, evidence of British colonial influence can be spotted everywhere. In addition to having a rich history, illuminated by resident Desmond Nicholson's historical essay, Antigua is well known as the yachting and charter center of the Caribbean. One can cruise around Antigua and Barbuda for two weeks without stopping at the same anchorage twice. Jill Bobrow and Dana Jinkins have been coming to these islands for the past twenty-five years. This book is their homage to them.

Country Review, Antigua & Barbuda 1998/1999 

Robert C. Kelly(Editor), et al / Unknown Binding / Published 1998

Legitimate Acts and Illegal Encounters : Law and Society in Antigua and Barbuda (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)

Mindie Lazarus-Black / Paperback / Published 1994

Antigua & Barbuda Country Review 1999/2000

Robert C. Kelly(Editor), et al / Spiral-bound / Published 1999

Antigua & Barbuda (Landmark Visitors Guides)

Paperback / Published 1999

Antigua and Barbuda (World Bibliographical Series)

Susan Lowes, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995

Antigua and Barbuda : Consolidated Index of Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation 

C. J. Hammett / Paperback / Published 1986

Antigua and Barbuda Business Law Handbook

Emerging Markets Investment Center / Library Binding

Antigua and Barbuda Country Environmental Profile

Paperback / Published 1990

Antigua and Barbuda Country Study Guide (World Country

USA International Business Publications / Library Binding

Antigua and Barbuda Investment & Business Guide

Emerging Markets Investment Center / Library Binding

Antigua and Barbuda Investment & Business Opportunities Yearbook (World Investment & Business Opportunities Library)

USA International Business Publications / Library Binding

Antigua, Barbuda St. Kitts & Nevis Alive (Alive Guides)

Paris Permenter, John Bigley / Paperback / Published 1999

also worth reading about:

Vasco da Gama,, 1er CONDE (1st count) DA VIDIGUEIRA
(b. c. 1460, Sines, Port.--d. Dec. 24, 1524, Cochin, India), Portuguese navigator whose voyages to
India (1497-99, 1502-03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of
the Cape of Good Hope and thus ushered in a new era in world history. He also helped make Portugal
a world power. (from the Brittanica)..

 

What a guy!  Read more about him 

 

The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama  

Sanjay Subrahmanyam / Paperback / Published 1998

Into the Rising Sun : Vasco Da Gama and the Search for the Sea Route to the East  

Luc Cuyvers / Hardcover / Published 1999

Vasco De Gamma and the Portuguese Explorers (World Explorers)

Rebecca Stefoff, William H. Goetzmann (Editor) / Library Binding / Published 1993

The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama  

Sanjay Subrahmanyam / Hardcover / Published 1997

Vasco Da Gama (Explorers of the New World)

Jim Gallagher / Library Binding / Published 1999

Vasco De Gamma and the Portuguese Explorers

Library Binding / Published 1993

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