
Information
Name: Tortola (Great britain)
Type: Polity
Nation: tortola
Start: 1603
End: 1648
Tortola (Great britain): All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
In the late 16th century, the English established a permanent plantation colony on Tortola and the surrounding islands. From 1603 it was a colony of the Personal Union of England and Scotland. It was lost to the Dutch in 1648. Tortola is a Caribbean island which today is part of the British Virgin islands.