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Clean and Fresh Isla Tortuga (Turtle Island) is an uninhabited island north of Venezuela. It is part of a chain of islands including Tortuguillas, Palaquines, and other smaller keys. Tortuga was discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda. On his second voyage, with Amerigo Vespucci, the island was named Isla La Tortuga by Amerigo Vespucci, due to the huge presence of turtles on the island.
During 1500 the island was settled by the Dutch who came there to exploit the salt evaporation ponds in the east of the island. They built a fort on the island to protect their works, salt and reapers against the Spanish who were anxious to keep the Dutch from the island. They were finally expelled in 1631 when the Spanish governor of Cumana Luis Fernández destroyed their facilities and flooded the salt. Since then the island has not had a permanent population and their location and morphology have remained intact, which makes it one of the last truly unspoilt islands in the Caribbean.

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Henrik Bratfeldt
 

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