Editing Saint Lucia (section)

===Early European exploration and colonization ===
It is possible that [[Christopher Columbus]] may have sighted the island during his fourth voyage in 1502, but he does not mention the island in his log.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-21 |title=Why St Lucia CIP is Top Class and Super Interesting – Best Citizenships |url=https://best-citizenships.com/2021/06/21/why-saint-lucia-citizenship-is-top-class-and-super-interesting/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Juan de la Cosa]] noted the island on his map of 1500, calling it ''El Falcon'', and another island to the south ''Las Agujas''. A Spanish [[Real cédula|cédula]] from 1511 mentions the island within the Spanish domain, and a globe in the Vatican made in 1520, shows the island as Sancta Lucia.<ref name="auto"/>

In the late 1550s, the French [[pirate]] [[François le Clerc]] (known as ''Jambe de Bois'', due to his wooden leg) set up a camp on [[Pigeon Island (Saint Lucia)|Pigeon Island]], from where he attacked passing Spanish ships. In 1605, an English vessel called the ''Oliphe Blossome'' was blown off-course on its way to [[Guyana]], and the 67 colonists started a settlement on Saint Lucia, after initially being welcomed by the Carib chief Anthonie. By 26 September 1605, only 19 survived following continued attacks by the Carib chief Augraumart, so the settlers fled the island.{{sfn|Harmsen|Ellis|Devaux|2014|pp=16–21}} The English tried to settle the island again in 1638, but the Caribs continued to be hostile. Eventually, the French successfully claimed the island in 1650 and they signed a treaty with the Caribs in 1660.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Saint Lucia – History {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lucia/History |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712072122/https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lucia/History |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1664, Thomas Warner (son of [[Thomas Warner (explorer)|Sir Thomas Warner]], the governor of [[St Kitts]]) claimed Saint Lucia for England but the English fled again in 1666, with the French gaining full control of the island after the signing of the [[Treaty of Breda (1667)|Treaty of Breda]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Niddrie, David Lawrence, Momsen, Janet D., Tolson, Richard. "history of Saint Lucia". Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Dec. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Saint-Lucia. Accessed 10 May 2025</ref> Saint Lucia was made an official French crown colony in 1674, as a dependency of [[Martinique]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Lucia – History {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lucia/History |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712072122/https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lucia/History |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" />