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| Colombus first landed on Antigua on his second trip to
the New World in 1493, naming it after Santa Maria la Antigua of Seville. After about 130
years went by, the English decided to settle the island and make Antigua, along with it's
sister islands Barbuda and Redonda, Associated Members of the British Commonwealth in
1967. Although the British were inhibiting the island, they still prepared for the return of the French. The British built forts and a major naval installation at English Harbour to protect themselves againt forces that never showed. Today these historical dockyards have been restored to their original active service and are included in the Nelson's Dockyard National Park, a 15-square-mile park which includes the harbor, dockyard, Dow's Hill and Shirley Heights. |
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