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“...Nicolas, where the Lago Refinery is situated. For modern air transportation, the Beatrix Airport offers facilities capable of handling jumbo jets. Aruba is located 15 miles off the Paraguana Pen-ninsula of Venezuela, at 12 degrees 25 minutes north latitude and is bisected by the 70th meridian.
Discovery
The island was discovered in August, 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda, a navigator who had earlier sailed with Christopher Columbus. He claimed the island for Spain. At the time, it was inhabited by the Arawak
and Carib Indians. The first Spanish Governor was Juan de Ampues. Indian signs are still found at the huge boulders of Ayo, Arikok and in the Fontein Cave. Remnants of their habitations (clay pottery and urns) are found at Santa Cruz, Canashito, Sava-neta and Tanki Flip areas. Many sections of the island have Indian names, such as Guadarikiri, Dai-mari, Andicuri and Kibaima.
In 1636, the West Indies Company, a company of Dutch traders, drove the Spaniards from the island and it was in January...”
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