Martin Ruffe

  Once a Spanish and Portuguese territorial possession it became an English, and later a British, colony.  Barbados is one of the Caribbean's leading tourist destinations and is the most developed island in the region. .. . It is 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and as much as 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width situated in the western area of the North Atlantic. Bridgetown, is the largest city and the country's capital.Barbados is an island in the Lesser Antilles.