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Colombia Flag And The Flag Company Inc

For thousands of years before Europeans arrived Amerindians lived in what is now Colombia. Some lived by fishing and hunting but some lived by farming. The first Spaniard to land in the area was Alonso...

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Croatia Flag History

Croatia existed as a medieval kingdom of Croats that existed in the 11th century. In 1102 most Croats were brought under the Hungarian crown, beginning eight centuries of Hungarian domination....

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The Flag Company Inc And El Salvador Flag

El Salvador was inhabited by Paleo-Indian peoples as early as 10, 000 years ago, and their intriguing paintings (the earliest of which date from 8000 BC) can still be seen and marveled at in caves...

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The Flag Company Inc And Cook Islands Flag

Positioned at the very centre of Polynesia, the Cook Islands stretch out in a scattering of 2 million square kilometres. Each island has its special place within the group. But their origins are owed...

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Fiji Flag And Its History

Fiji, which had been inhabited since the second millennium B.C., was explored by the Dutch and the British in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1874, an offer of cession by the Fijian chiefs was...

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The Flag Company Inc And Grenada Flag

Grenada was discovered in 1498 by Christopher Columbus. Because of the hostility of the indigenous Carib people, the island remained uncolonized until 1650, when the French founded Saint George\’s. The...

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Idaho Flag History And The Flag Company Inc

Bordered by the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north and the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming to the east, Utah, and Nevada to the south, and Oregon and Washington to the west, Idaho is...

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Kenya Flag History Today

Around 2000 BC, Cushitic-speaking people from northern Africa settled in the part of East Africa that is now Kenya. By the 1st Century AD, the Kenyan coast was frequented by Arab traders, who due to...

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Luxembourg Flag And The Flag Company Inc

Luxembourg is one of the world\’s smallest sovereign states at 999 square miles (2,586 square kilometers). The triangle-shaped country borders Germany to the east, France to the south, and Belgium to...

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Malta Flag And The Flag Company Inc

The history of the Maltese Islands is rich and varied. In fact, its 7000 years of history date back to 5200BC and start with the arrival of man. Subsequent important dates include St Paul’s Shipwreck...

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