Aruba history
Aruba was discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda, Amerigo Vespucci and Juan de la Cosa. The island, together with Bonaire and Curaçao, was given by the Spanish King to Juan Martín de Ampués and was also called the "Islas de Los Gigantes. A well-known work that tells the whole story of the beginning of the Spanish conquista and colonization is the "Elegias de varones ilustres de Indias, written by Juan de Castellanos. In 1636 Aruba was taken over by the Dutch. In the 19th century General Francisco de Miranda spent several weeks in Aruba with a group of about 300 freedom fighters. On August 19, 1806, he distributed a proclamation among the residents of Aruba . Aruba was in the hands of the English between 1807 and 1816. In 1824 gold was discovered, which was won by an English society until 1916. When the new Government Regulations came into being in 1865, the Minister of Colonies found that the only link between the islands was the subordination to the Dutch State. In 1879 they started with a phosphate mining company in Aruba at the Sero Colorado. The underground tunnels are still present today.
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