Learn, Share, Subscribe The American Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRR8eYVQa9r_t3h4Tc2bmhsu The Asian series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRRGIkTyr4u371Fx6e88Qx2N The European Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRTa_XMM9a4hDh2Yo9CsZzOR Social Media: https://plus.google.com/+blinder00 https://twitter.com/Sebastian2Go https://www.facebook.com/official7facts ------------------------------------------------ In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Dominica. More information about the video content bellow: 1. Dominica's lush tropical landscape is home to many rare plants and animals. Among those is Dominica's national bird, the Imperial Amazon or Sisserou Parrot, which is also featured right in the center of their national flag. As of 2010, the Imperial Amazon was on the Red List of endangered species, with a population between merely 150 to 250 birds. 2. In Dominica there is the second largest in the world “Boiling lake”, and also many sulphur springs, freshwater lakes, waterfalls and rivers. The hot spring is approximately 200 feet (60 metres) across and is located barely six and a half miles from the capital city of Roseau. A flooded fumarole, the center of the lake is hot enough to be actively boiling, and even at the edges, temperatures are near the boiling point. 3. The first island sighted by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World was Dominica at which he arrived Sunday or Dominica in Latin, on 3 November 1493. 4. Dominica takes the first place among the best Islands to visit in the Caribbean and among the top of ten worldwide, according to rankings compiled by experts from the “National Geographic Traveler”. Dominica is among the five best places in the world for diving and among the ten places – for whale watching. Dominica has two marine reservations, four national parks, one of which was included in the UNESCO list of the World Heritage List as the only one of its kind in the Eastern Caribbean. 5. The capital of this wonderful country is Roseau; it had a population of 15,000 in 2014. 6. For many years, despite claiming the island as theirs, the French made no attempt to settle it. In fact, one of the only (recorded) Europeans who even visited Dominica was a French missionary by the name of Raymond Breton, and he didn't do so until the mid 17th century. In 1660 the English and French agreed to leave Dominica and St. Vincent unsettled, letting the Caribs continue to live unmolested and declaring the island neutral territory. The first European settlers to come to the island arrived as a result of 'La Gaoulé,' a revolt of poor white smallholders on Martinique. 12 years later, the French government took control of the island, officially folding it into the empire. 7. The second Pirates film, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and the third film "At World's End" all had major scenes filmed in Dominica. More Info: http://www.travelingmyself.com/2015/08/28/interesting-facts-about-dominica/ http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Geography/Dominica-20449.html Music: Lostin – Retta//Northway https://www.heroboard.es Images: https://d3thflcq1yqzn0.cloudfront.net/012251844_prevstill.jpeg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png http://www.wondermondo.com/Images/NAmerica/LesserAntilles/Dominica/BoilingLake2.jpg http://roadcompass.org/admin/ckeditor/uploads/national%20geo.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Columbus_Taking_Possession.jpg http://uncommoncarib.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSC_9015-2-1200x675.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-waOm1QsiS8U/Uh9AMbR6XyI/AAAAAAAAADs/SeRSCOS3i1Y/s1600/P1010888.jpg http://www.tourist-destinations.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dominica.jpg http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo-of-the-day2.jpg http://www.everettpotter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dominica-roseau.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Agostino_Brunias_-_Linen_Market,_Dominica_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Agostino_Brunias_-_Market_Day,_Roseau,_Dominica_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://onset.shotonwhat.com/p/pix/m/m1059/2015102700002754.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KIuyqe4HoIA/VoB4C2QbwoI/AAAAAAAADas/kjTAeqVseZM/s1600/JackSparo.jpg Intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxA47CsW1Dk Intro: Overlay by PushedToInsanity https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDzMRfmdypVUxZ0H8xvGDOA Intro Music: Jesse Spillane – Dance Rocket http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jesse_Spillane/

• published: 03 Aug 2016
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