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Communities in the Caribbean islands which is connected to the UK. Virgin in the Archipelago, outside of U.S. and Spanish Virgin Islands is a collection of islands. Road Town is the capital of the British Virgin Islands, a total of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke and the settlements of the four major islands large and small from nearly fifty occur. Apart from these four large islands and small settlements on the island can be seen about fifteen. British Virgin Islands is the largest island connected to the island of Tortola is the capital, including Road Town'ın.
Virgin Islands in the year 100 BC, according to records, were the Arawak community living on the land. 15. When it comes to the Caribbean Sea for centuries Karib people who come to the island began to establish settlements.
The first European to recognize the existence of the island in 1493 became the second American expedition to the Christopher Columbus. Columbus had seen Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes to this island that gave the name St. Ursula'nın 11 000 virgins.
Spanish Empire, the existence of this island many önemsemediysede previously, has become a place frequented by Caribbean pirates, this island to take control of vital importance for the region had been formed. Therefore, the 16th century. 'The Virgin Islands became part of the Spanish Empire. Spaniards outside the British, French, Dutch and Danes under the control of the other islands of the archipelago to the community by taking began to establish settlements.
British Virgin Islands has been previously used for strategic or regional importance because of the sugar cane grown in the economic field has developed. At that time, the United Kingdom's most important foreign trade products from the sugar cane fields into the region brought in slaves from Africa were working.
In 1917, the United States from Denmark for $ 25 million to buy St. John, St. And St. Croix. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands, later known as the island began.