Book published in 2018 covering the history of the island of Aruba up to 1816. It describes the pre-colonial period (2500 BC-1500), the years when the island was under Spanish rule (1499-1634), the period under the administration of the Dutch West India Company (1636-1791) and the transitional years that followed until the transfer of the island from the British to the Dutch (1792-1816).