Isla de Coche (Coche Island) is an island in the Nueva Esparta State in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean between Isla Margarita and the mainland. Estado Nueva Esparta is one of the 23 states (estados) of Venezuela. ... Map of Central America and the Caribbean A Caribbean beach in Isla Margarita, Venezuela. ... Puerto Cruz beach. ...

Geography

It covers an area of 55 km² (11 km long and 6 km wide), and its population is about 8,200 (1999 cenzus). The higher hill on the island is 60 m above the sea level. The climate there is tropical, and an average year round temperatute of approximately 27 C to 38 C. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A tropic is either of two circles of latitude: Tropic of Cancer, at 23½°N Tropic of Capricorn, at 23½°S Tropic is also the name of a town in Utah, United States. ...

Entire island is also a municipality Villalba, with capital in town San Pedro de Coche. Another towns on Coche are El Bichar, Guinima, El Amparo, El Guamache and La Uva. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ...

Coche's economy is mainly depend from tourism.

History

The island was discovered in 1498 by Christopher Columbus. First effort to settle Coche was made in early XVIth Century, but earlier lives here for short time refugees from destroyed by the tropical storm city Nueva Cádiz on Cubagua Island. All settlers, mostly the pearl draughters, abandon Isla Coche in 1574. 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, Italy, 1451? – Valladolid, Spain, May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... Strand of akoya pearls from China A pearl is a hard, rounded object produced by certain animals, primarily mollusks such as oysters. ... Year 1574 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...

In half of XXth Century, in Cumaná's library has been found a document, written by a Franciscan monach. He reported that on Isla Coche has been found a boat with embossed inscription "John Bober Polonus, 1726". Polish voyager and writer, Arkady Fiedler, make effort to found other information about mysterious mr. Bober. The result of his searches is the novels trylogy: "Wyspa Robinsona" ("The Robinson's Island"), "Orinoko" ("Orinoco") and "Biały Jaguar" ("The White Jaguar"). A traditional fishermans boat called Peñero at Mochimas National Park. ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... A boat is a craft or vessel designed to float on, and provide transport over, water. ... Arkady Fiedler (November 28, 1894 in PoznaÅ„ – March 7, 1985 in Puszczykowo) was a Polish writer, journalist and adventurer. ...

John (in Polish: Jan) Bober has a half-Polish roots, he was a settler from Virginia, and after settlers revolt against English Lord Dunbury was crushed, he escaped from Virginia capitol, Jamestown, on board of a pirate ship. A family of Russian settlers in the Caucasus region, ca. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... Recreated Powhatan village at the Jamestown Settlement westover middle school is the best is a name sometimes used to describe the first permanent English settlement in North America established at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony in 1607. ...

The ship was sink near the Venezuela's coast, and only John Bober and two catched as a slaves by the pirates Arawak Indians survive, getting after long swim coast of Isla Coche. The term Arawak (from aru, the Lokono word for cassava flour), was used to designate the Amerindians encountered by the Spanish in the Caribbean. ...

They're spent there about three years, between 1725 and 1728. In 1728, on Isla Coche took place a battle between Indian pearl draughters - escapers from Margarita, supported by Bober (he give them a guns and learn them how to use it), and the Spanish lords from Margarita Island. Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala The founding of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cubas most well-established university. ...

"Islanders" have won, but won't stay there anymore, because they affraid of Spanish revenge. They was abandon Coche and sail to Arawak's village named Serima, at the right bank of Orinoco river on the mainland. Bridge over the Orinoco at Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela (2004) The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,410 km, (1,497. ...

Next, this time successful settlement took place in XIXth Century, and from this date Coche is still habitated.

External links

• (Spanish) Isla Coche's official site