Margarita

Margarita, an island in the Caribbean Sea, belonging to Venezuela. Area, 380 sq. m. Discovered by Columbus in 1498, Margarita was long famous for its pearl-fisheries, but now its chief export is salted fish. The island forms the great part (the small Blanquilla, Los Hermanos, &c. make the rest) of the Nueva Esparta section of Guzman Blanco state, of which the pop. in 1886 was 41,893.