The Archipelago Los Roques is a Federal agency that brings together a group of islands and cays in the Lesser Antilles belonging to Venezuela which have an estimated 40.61 square kilometers and are located between the archipelago Las Aves (west) and the surface island of La Orchila (east) 176 km north of Caracas and is one of the main tourist attractions of the country, is part of Insular Territory Francisco de Miranda, 6 May is national and estimated park in the year 2014 had 3,100 permanent inhabitants (being the most populous federal agency). It has an area of approximately 221,120 hectares between sea and land spaces, and is considered the largest marine park in Latin America (see Archipelago Los Roques National Park).
It is believed that the archipelago appears in the mapping of the Spanish colonizers from 1529, being officially claimed by them from 1589 as part of the Province of Venezuela.Idols carved ceramics, Archipelago Los Roques.
In the eighteenth century it is established on the islands Society Commercial Real Company Guipuzcoana and given name to the first islands of the archipelago (Gran Roque, Carenero, Cayo Sal, etc) at that time began to arrive temporary fishermen and in the nineteenth century it begins with the exploitation of the salt and guano.
place looks nice more pics would be much appreciated.