Genealogy & Genetic History Of The Dutch Caribbean

Coro, Venezuela. Coro is the capital of the Falcon State in Venezuela and the second oldest city in Venezuela, founded on July 26th 1527 by Juan de Ampies. But what has Coro got to do with the ABC islands? Today I want to show you guys a short introduction regarding the history of Coro and the ABC islands. Caquetios. The Caquetio indians were natives of northwestern Venezuela who lived around Lake Maracaibo and inhabited the Falcón State of which Coro is the capital. The Caquetio indians had goot relationships with their Caquetio cousins in Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao and there also traded with them, and intermarriages were very common between them. Also the Caquetios indians of the ABC islands had their own Caciques (chiefs, leaders) but their supreme leader, was the Great Cacique Manaure who pretty much had a legendary status and the Caciques all claimed that they were descendant from him. The great chief Manaure. Even when the Dutch eventually conquered the islands from the Spanish,