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Name: Vieques (Scotland)

Type: Polity

Start: 1698 AD

End: 1698 AD

Nation: vieques

Parent: great britain

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Was a Scottish colony established in 1697 in Vieques, an island east to Puerto Rico island.

Establishment


  • January 1698: In 1697, the Scottish fleet, led by Captain Robert Pinkerton, landed on Vieques island and claimed it for the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and The Indies.
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    Disestablishment


  • January 1699: Scottish sovereignty of Vieques proved short-lived, as a Danish ship arrived shortly afterward and claimed the island.
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