On August 15, 1498, during the third voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Margarita Island.
On that trip the Admiral also arrived on the mainland, Venezuela.
That August day Columbus sighted three islands, two of them small, low and arid (the present Coche and Cubagua)
On April 19, 1810 Margarita was one of the seven Venezuelan provinces that declared their independence from the Spanish Crown, and in 1830, when the Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia) was dissolved and the independent Republic of Venezuela emerged, it was also one of its 13 original provinces.

On November 8, 1777, the Royal Decree of Charles III of Spain recognized that the group of Spanish islands near the southeast of the Caribbean Sea would come under the jurisdiction of the Captaincy General of Venezuela.
With the Venezuelan independence, all the islands remained under the dominion of Venezuela and in the same way until the formation of the Great Colombia.

On August 22, 1871, Venezuelan President Antonio Guzmán Blanco decided to group all the Venezuelan islands except Coche, Cubagua, Margarita and Isla de Aves as the Federal Territory of Columbus, which would be controlled by a governor appointed by the President of the Republic.

The United Kingdom wanted the Isla de Patos but on February 26, 1942, it was resolved by the delimitation of the soil and subsoil of the Gulf of Paria.
The Archipelago of Los Monjes, which Venezuela integrated as part of its territory, was the object of controversy but in 1952 the Colombian Foreign Minister recognized Venezuelan sovereignty over the territory through a diplomatic note and in 1992 the Colombian government affirmed that it would not claim the territory.

In October 2011, a new decree was approved as an organic law for the Federal Dependencies and island territories.
With this the Insular Territory Francisco de Miranda grouped Los Roques, La Orchila and the Birds in the same entity.
On August 15, 1498, during the third voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Margarita Island. On that trip the Admiral also arrived on the mainland, Venezuela. That August day Columbus sighted three islands, two of them small, low and arid (the present Coche and Cubagua)
On April 19, 1810 Margarita was one of the seven Venezuelan provinces that declared their independence from the Spanish Crown, and in 1830, when the Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia) was dissolved and the independent Republic of Venezuela emerged, it was also one of its 13 original provinces.
On November 8, 1777, the Royal Decree of Charles III of Spain recognized that the group of Spanish islands near the southeast of the Caribbean Sea would come under the jurisdiction of the Captaincy General of Venezuela. With the Venezuelan independence, all the islands remained under the dominion of Venezuela and in the same way until the formation of the Great Colombia.
On August 22, 1871, Venezuelan President Antonio Guzmán Blanco decided to group all the Venezuelan islands except Coche, Cubagua, Margarita and Isla de Aves as the Federal Territory of Columbus, which would be controlled by a governor appointed by the President of the Republic.
The United Kingdom wanted the Isla de Patos but on February 26, 1942, it was resolved by the delimitation of the soil and subsoil of the Gulf of Paria. The Archipelago of Los Monjes, which Venezuela integrated as part of its territory, was the object of controversy but in 1952 the Colombian Foreign Minister recognized Venezuelan sovereignty over the territory through a diplomatic note and in 1992 the Colombian government affirmed that it would not claim the territory.
In October 2011, a new decree was approved as an organic law for the Federal Dependencies and island territories. With this the Insular Territory Francisco de Miranda grouped Los Roques, La Orchila and the Birds in the same entity.
Insular Region, Venezuela