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Barbados ( i / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ɒ s / or / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d oʊ s / ) is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles , in the Americas . It is 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and up to 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea ; therein, it is about 168 kilometres (104 mi) east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the
Inhabited by Kalingo people since the 13th century, and prior to that by other Amerindians , Barbados was visited by Spanish navigators in the late 15th century and claimed for the Spanish Crown . It first appears on a Spanish map from 1511. The Portuguese visited the island in 1536, but they left it unclaimed, with their only remnants being an introduction of wild hogs for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited. An English ship, the Olive Blossom , arrived in Barbados in 1625; its men took p