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Dominica was discovered by Columbus. It was a British possession from 1805, a member of the Federation of the West Indies 1958–62, an Associated State of the UK, 1967–78 and became an independent republic as the Commonwealth of Dominica on 3 Nov. 1978.
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Commonwealth of Dominica. HMSO, 1979
Library: Public Library, Roseau. Librarian: Mrs. C. Williams.
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Paxton, J. (1987). Commonwealth of Dominica. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271166_53
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