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Saint John's city (1991 pop. 21,514), capital of Antigua and Barbuda , in the West Indies. St. John's, at the head of a harbor formed by an inlet, is the commercial center of the country. Tourism is important. The harbor has been dredged to accommodate deep-draft vessels. In the 18th cent. St. John's served as a headquarters for the Royal Navy in the West Indies.

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Saint John's, Antigua, Canada, Isle of Man, Montserrat Canada (Newfoundland): according to tradition, although evidence is lacking, the Italian explorer, John Cabot (c.1450–c.1499), sailing on behalf of the English king, Henry VII, became the first European to make a landfall here on 24 June 1497, the feast day of St John the Baptist.

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