Joost van Dyk (sometimes spelled Joost van Dyke) was a Dutch privateer (and, reportedly, sometime pirate) who was one of the earliest European settlers in the British Virgin Islands in the seventeenth century, and established the first permanent settlements within the Territory. The islands of Jost Van Dyke and its smaller neighbor Little Jost Van Dyke ("Little Jost"), as well as Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda island, are named after him.
Read more about Joost Van Dyk: Soper's Hole Settlement, Road Town Settlement, Baugher's Bay Settlement, Virgin Gorda Settlement, Decline of The Dutch West India Company, Death
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