The British Inter Reigns - Oranjestad, Aruba
Posted by: denben
N 12° 31.075 W 070° 02.130
19P E 387490 N 1384045
The sign on the British Inter Reigns is located on the site of the Aruba Historical Museum, in downtown Oranjestad, Aruba.
Waymark Code: WMZXD0
Location: Aruba
Date Posted: 01/18/2019
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Aruba is an island and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the coast of Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Collectively, Aruba and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. (
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The Aruba Historical Museum is located at 6 Zoutmanstraat in Oranjestad. It is housed within the oldest buildings of Aruba, the Fort Zoutman and the Willem III Tower.
The sign reads:
"The British Inter Reigns - After 1795, the Dutch Republic was incorporated in the French empire and in 1801 the British took over the Dutch colonies in the East and West Indies. The colony Curaçao was governed by British military commanders between 1801 and 1803 and from 1806 and 1816. On Aruba, the British passed cattle breeding over to European colonists. Horse Bay became an intermediary port between Curaçao and the South American main land to Curaçaoan trade vessels. On Horse Bay a village arose which in 1824 was called Oranjestad. In 1816 Dutch administration was reinstalled."