SABA, Island, Netherlands Antilles

säˈbə, island (1990 est. pop. 1,100), 5 sq mi (13 sq km), Netherlands Antilles, one of the NW Leeward Islands. The rugged island is actually the cone of an extinct volcano rising to c.2,800 ft (850 m). Spiral roads winding up through steep cliffs and lush greenery make Saba a scenic island, but there are no sheltered harbors, and landing is difficult. The chief settlement, called The Bottom, is in the crater of the volcano. The Dutch settled the island in 1632.

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books on: Saba Island Netherlands Antilles  - 24 results

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Island Tourism and Sustainable Development: Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean Experiences
Book by Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Dennis J. Gayle; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Economic Development, Islands--Economic Conditions, Tourism
...and Mediterranean islands. TOURISM: THE...is a list of the islands in the Caribbean...British Virgin Islands Grenada Cayman...The Grenadines Netherlands Antilles Cuba Aruba Dominican...Bonaire Haiti Curacao Saba St. Eustatius...
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A Geography of Islands: Small Island Insularity
Book by Stephen A. Royle; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Islands--Economic Conditions--Maps, Islands--Geography--Maps, Islands--Maps, Islands--Social Aspects--Maps
...referendum. In the Netherlands Antilles, the islands...88 per cent in Saba; 86 per cent...which left the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to make...1820s. The 27 islands became an Australian...the benefits of island colonialism...
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Sugar Island Slavery in the Age of Enlightenment: The Political Economy of the Caribbean World
Book by Arthur L. Stinchcombe; Princeton University Press, 1995
Subjects: Slave Trade--Caribbean Area--History, Slavery--Caribbean Area--History, Slaves--Emancipation--Caribbean Area--History, Sugar Workers--Caribbean Area--History
...and 1-kilometer islands discussed below...of the Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico...the larger Lesser Antilles, more or less...other larger Lesser Antilles, though most of...land attached: Saba (Netherlands), Montserrat...
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Decolonising the Caribbean: Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective
Book by Gert Oostindie, Inge Klinkers; Amsterdam University Press, 2003
Subjects: Caribbean Area--Politics And Government--20th Century, Decolonization--Caribbean Area, Dutch--History--Caribbean Area, Netherlands--Politics And Government--20th Century
...Instead, the Dutch islands, Curacao and St...Caribbean region. The islands were populated by...separate status; the island was populated by...the rest of the Antilles. Characteristic...relationship with the Netherlands, or rather with...the six Antillean islands were directly and...St. Martin and Saba). As this attempt...
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The Tutu Archaeological Village Site: A Case Study in Human Adaptation
Book by Elizabeth Righter; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Human Remains (Archaeology)--Virgin Islands Of The United States--Saint Thomas, Paleo-Indians--Virgin Islands Of The United States--Saint Thomas, Saint Thomas (V.I.)--Antiquities, Salvage Archaeology--Virgin Islands Of The United States--Saint Thomas
...Archaeology of the Virgin Islands. In Proceedings of...Anthropology of The Netherlands Antilles No. 7. Haviser...Anthropological Institute of The Netherlands Antilles. Hayward, M. H...of pre-Columbian Saba(400-1450 AD...
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journal articles on: Saba Island Netherlands Antilles  - 7 results

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Netherlands Antilles: A Bold Journey
Journal article by Sandra J. Stone, Richard Delfina; Childhood Education, Vol. 82, 2006
Subjects: Educational reform--Forecasts and trends, Educational reform--Methods, Netherlands Antilles--Economic aspects
...Delfina The Netherlands Antilles consists of...Eustatius, and Saba, are situated...States Virgin Islands. Together...Aruba and the Netherlands, they form...Netherlands Antilles was a former...government and the island governments...
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Change, Dependency, and Regime Plasticity in Offshore Financial Intermediation: the Saga of the Netherlands Antilles
Journal article by Craig M. Boise, Andrew P. Morriss; Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 45, 2009
Subjects: Captive insurance, Economic growth, Foreign investment, International finance, Residents, Studies, Tax rates, Tax treaties, Trade restrictions, United States, Withholding taxes
...the Caribbean islands that comprise the Netherlands Antilles, in 1499...settled the island,17 making...Netherlands Antilles rather than Curacao (as the islands collectively...Suriname and the Netherlands.123 This decision...issue for the Antilles; namely, how...a new pan-island government...
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Ramos, Aaron Gamaliel and Angel Israel Rivera, (Eds.). Islands at the Crossroads: Politics in the Non-Independent Caribbean
Journal article by Michael R. Hall; Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Islands at the Crossroads: Politics in the Non-independent Caribbean (Book)--Book reviews
...eds.). Islands at the Crossroads...2001. In Islands at the Crossroads...States, the Netherlands, the United...of living of island residents, but make the islands economies more...and the Dutch Antilles, which consist...Eustatius, and Saba. The economic...part of the Netherlands have played...
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Small Islands, Large Settlements: Archaeology at Les Îles de la Petite Terre, Guadeloupe, F.w.i.1
Journal article by Maaike Lesparre-De Waal; Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2009
Small Islands, Large Settlements...from Leiden, the Netherlands. The investigations...belong to the Lesser Antilles. They will be...and the Greater Antilles. These contacts...flint from Long Island and Antigua and...1300-1493) the islands of Petite Terre...on the Greater Antilles, attracting people...
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Paradise Overseas: The Dutch Caribbean: Colonialism and Its Transatlantic Legacies
Journal article by Barry Chevannes; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 13, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Paradise Overseas: The Dutch Caribbean: Colonialism and Its Transatlantic Legacies (Book)--Book reviews
...less of the Dutch Antilles (Curacao, Aruba...Eustatius, and Saba). In this respect...colonial period the Netherlands failed to impose...islands, and the islands are different from...under a Charter the Netherlands proclaimed itself...Suriname, and the Antilles. But swept by...join in the six-island nation. This development...
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magazine articles on: Saba Island Netherlands Antilles  - 4 results

 
 
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Small Islands: Awash in a Sea of Troubles
Magazine article by Anjali Acharya; World Watch, Vol. 8, November 1995
Subjects: Archipelagoes--Environmental aspects, Caribbean Area--Environmental aspects, Environmental protection--Evaluation, Pacific States--Environmental aspects
...361 316 66 Solomon Islands 354 28,896 1...431 TERRITORIES Netherlands Antilles 191 800 (*) US...occurred on small islands. On Mauritius...INSULAR POLITICS An island-hopping cruise...along the arc of islands that defines the...St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius...
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From Rocks to Riches
Magazine article by Peter Muilenburg; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 42, March 1990
Subjects: Archivo General de Indias--Management, Netherlands--History, Salt industry--History, Seville, Spain--Libraries, Smuggling--History, South America--History, Spain--History
...in the nearby islands, the Spanish...Letters from the island to the king strike...a tree on the island ... Eventually...holding the Lesser Antilles and left them...well as nearby Saba and Statia...and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles that sailors...to the Dutch islands, and its people...
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Latin American Catholicism
Magazine article by Bryan T. Froehle, Mary L. Gautier; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 28, April 2004
Subjects: Catholic churches, Catholicism, Latin America, Population
...include those on the islands of the West Indies...Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as island chains such as the...of these diverse islands as trading and military...comprise the Greater Antilles. They include Cuba...territories of the Netherlands, Britain, France...Eustatius and Saba, St. Martin...
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Worth Noting
Magazine article by Karen Ann Gajewski; The Humanist, Vol. 66, May-June 2006
Subjects: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska--Environmental aspects, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska--Natural resources, Automobiles--Forecasts and trends, Automobiles--Fuel and fuel systems, Automotive fuels--Forecasts and trends, Ethanol fuels--Usage, Marine animals--Discovery and exploration, Marine fauna--Discovery and exploration, Pipe lines--Accidents, Pipe lines--Environmental aspects, Pipelines--Accidents, Pipelines--Environmental aspects, Saint Eustatius--Natural history
...Conservation International, the Netherlands Antilles government, and the...find discovered in the Saba Bank Atoll (a coral...transshipment depot on the nearby island of St. Eustatius...programs, the Rhode Island Department of Education...


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This Caribbean B&B's an Easy Cell
Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), November 13, 2010
...road around and over the tiny island of Saba in their Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean. Their engineers...is dubbed The Great Road of Saba. Forty-odd years after it...musicians full-size grand piano. Saba gets around 25,000 visitors...


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encyclopedia articles on: Saba Island Netherlands Antilles  - 2 results

 
 
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Saba , Island, Netherlands Antilles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SABA , island, Netherlands Antilles sa b , island (1990 est. pop...mi (13 sq km), Netherlands Antilles , one of the NW Leeward Islands. The rugged island is actually the cone...lush greenery make Saba a scenic island...
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Netherlands Antilles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES island group, an autonomous part of the Netherlands (2005 est. pop...in the Leeward Islands, east of Puerto Rico, are Saba , St. Eustatius...capital of the Netherlands Antilles. The land is...


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