23 Facts About Sint Eustatius

Sint Eustatius, known locally as Statia, is an island in the Caribbean.

Sint Eustatius is immediately to the northwest of Saint Kitts, and to the southeast of Saba.

Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, Sint Eustatius became a special municipality of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010.

Name of the island, "Sint Eustatius", is the Dutch name for Saint Eustace, a legendary Christian martyr, known in Spanish as San Eustaquio and in Portuguese as Santo Eustaquio or Santo Eustacio.

St Sint Eustatius's economy flourished under the Dutch by ignoring the monopolistic trade restrictions of the British, French and Spanish islands; it became known as The Golden Rock.

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Sint Eustatius's was carrying a copy of the Declaration of Independence which was presented to Governor De Graaff.

Sint Eustatius presented a large brass plaque to St Eustatius, displayed today under a flagpole atop the walls of Fort Oranje, reading:.

In 1778, Lord Stormont claimed in Parliament that, "if Sint Eustatius had sunk into the sea three years before, the United Kingdom would already have dealt with George Washington".

Sint Eustatius did not do the same to French, Dutch, Spanish or even the American merchants on the island.

Sint Eustatius permitted the French to leave with all their possessions.

Sint Eustatius confidently wrote of a marriage settlement for one of his sons and a soon-to-be-purchased commission in the Foot Guards for another son.

Sint Eustatius wrote of a dowry for his daughter to marry the Earl of Oxford.

Sint Eustatius noted he would have enough to pay off the young prospective bridegroom's debts.

Excessive amount of time Rodney spent on St Sint Eustatius led to allegations that Rodney and Vaughan had neglected their military duties.

Rodney's delay at St Sint Eustatius was not the first time he had taken the opportunity to capture prizes over the immediate and expeditious fulfilment of his military duties.

Cornwallis' predicament linked directly to Rodney's failure to depart St Sint Eustatius promptly following its capture and the destruction of the military stores there.

St Sint Eustatius' economy collapsed, and the merchants, including the Jews left.

Sint Eustatius became a member of the Netherlands Antilles when that grouping was created in 1954.

Sint Eustatius is home to one of the last remaining populations of the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana .

The Ubuntu Connected Front and other concerned citizens of Sint Eustatius denounced the non-involvement of the community in the excavation process through a petition and letters to the government.

Archaeological excavations on St Sint Eustatius apparently fall under the old Monuments Act for the BES islands that is very brief on these issues.

One of them, the Sint Eustatius Volleyball Association, is a member of ECVA and NORCECA.

Currently St Sint Eustatius is a non-active member of the Caribbean zone of Pony Baseball and Softball leagues.