Cedros, Trinidad and Tobago Cedros, Trinidad and Tobago The coastal area known as Cedros lies on a peninsula at the South-Western end of the island of Trinidad. Located at the tip of the peninsula, Cedros or Bonasse as it is more commonly known especially on maps, lies mere miles off the coast of Venezuela, and is the most southern point in the Caribbean. According to a Trinidad Guardian article, "Cedros is the closest legal point of entry to Venezuelans wishing to enter Trinidad and Tobago." Cedros has historically been a fishing village and coconut grove, producing much of the coconuts for harvest. Widely considered
Principality of Trinidad on the island's discovery in 1502 by Portuguese navigators. To demonstrate sovereignty over the island, the state of Espírito Santo, which took the island, built a landmark on January 24, 1897. Today, Brazil marks its presence with a permanent Brazilian Navy base on the main island. Principality of Trinidad The Principality of Trinidad was a short-lived unrecognized state declared in 1893 when the American James Harden-Hickey claimed the uninhabited Trindade Island in the South Atlantic. He declared himself James I, Prince of Trinidad, and intended for the islands to become a military dictatorship under his leadership. Britain and Brazil later