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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger of the two main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, lying just off the Orinoco delta of Venezuela. Sighted by Columbus in 1498, it remained a thinly settled Spanish colony until French Catholic planters arrived after 1783, and Britain captured it in 1797. Indian indentured labour after emancipation, oil and asphalt shaped its economy, and it became independent together with Tobago in 1962.

Trinidad
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Province of VenezuelaSpanish TrinidadSpanish FormosaDutch TobagoColony of TobagoCaptaincy General of VenezuelaColony of TrinidadBritish Windward IslandsColony of Trinidad and TobagoWest Indies Federation

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Trinidad. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/trinidad
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