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Archaeological evidence suggests Barbados was inhabited by Barrancoid Indians from at least 1,000 BC, and by Arawak and Carib people for about 400 years from around AD 1,000. However, Portuguese mariners who landed in 1536 reported that the island was uninhabited. The Portuguese named it Los Barbados—meaning ‘bearded’, seemingly a reference to the appearance of local fig trees.
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Beckles, H., A History of Barbados: from Amerindian Settlement to Nation-State. 1990
Carmichael, Trevor A. (ed.) Barbados: Thirty Years of Independence. 1998
Carter, R. and Dowries, A. S., Analysis of Economic and Social Development in Barbados: A Model for Small Island Developing States. 2000
Hoyos, F. A., Tom Adams: a Biography. 1988.—Barbados: A History from the Amerindians to Independence. 2nd ed. 1992
National Statistical Office: Barbados Statistical Service, Fairchild Street, Bridgetown.
Website: http://www.barstats.gov.bb
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Palgrave Macmillan. (2016). Barbados. In: The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-68398-7_182
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