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Montserrat
Lush mountain vegetation on Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.
Montserrat was colonized in 1632 by Irish Catholics who arrived from nearby Saint Kitts. These settlers were sent to the island by Sir Thomas Warner, who served as the first British governor of Saint Kitts.1