The Couronian colonization of the Americas was performed by the Duchy of Courland ( Today Latvia), which was the second smallest state to colonise the Americas ( after the Knights of Malta ), with a colony on the island of Tobago from 1654 to 1659 , and intermittently from 1660 to 1689.Tobago: The history of the Dutch and Courlanders' settlements This website contains further bibliography: Archibald, D. "Tobago: melancholy isle, vol. I 1498-1771" 137 pp. Westindiana, 1987, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Carmichael,Gertrude "The history of the West Indian Island of Trinidad and Tobago, 1498-1900", 463 pp. 8 plts. 1961, London, UK. Edmundson "The Dutch in Western Guiana" English historical review: 1901 Vol. XVI 640 - 675 pp. -- About he first period of Dutch settlements in Guiana and Tobago, including some information about Courland colonizing Tobago. Goslinga,C.Ch. "The Dutch in the Caribbean & on the Wild Coast 1580-1680" 647 pp. 12 maps Van Gorcum & C. 1971 Assen, The Netherlands
The Couronian colonization of the Americas was performed by the Duchy of Courland ( now Latvia), which was the second-smallest state to colonise the Americas , after the Knights of Malta . It had a colony on the island of Tobago from 1654 to 1659 and intermittently from 1660 to 1689.Tobago: The history of the Dutch and Courlanders' settlements This website contains further bibliography: Archibald, D. "Tobago: melancholy isle, vol. I 1498-1771" 137 pp. Westindiana, 1987, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Carmichael,Gertrude "The history of the West Indian Island of Trinidad and Tobago, 1498-1900", 463 pp. 8 plts. 1961, London, UK. Edmundson "The Dutch in Western Guiana" English historical review: 1901 Vol. XVI 640 - 675 pp. -- About he first period of Dutch settlements in Guiana and Tobago, including some information about Courland colonizing Tobago. Goslinga,C.Ch. "The Dutch in the Caribbean & on the Wild Coast 1580-1680" 647 pp. 12 maps Van Gorcum & C. 1971 Assen, The Netherlands
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