The island was a Spanish colony until 1655, when it was seized by England's navy on the orders of Oliver Cromwell.
Declaración de la reina Guillermina de Holanda sobre la autonomía e independencia de las colonias. Holanda concedió a los Estados Unidos la explotación de bauxita de la que era el principal productor mundial.

The island was a Spanish colony until 1655, when it was seized by England's navy on the orders of Oliver Cromwell.