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OCR: vathnl :nb Tropical island ir the West Indies whose native population WAS allbut exterminated during trade wars between France Britain, and Holland Since 1816 Martinique has been administered by the French Overseas Department In 1887 on his return trip from Panama Paul Gauguin visited the island and described it as an 'earthly paradise He believed that the intense brilliance of the tropical sky purified and expanded artistic vision According to Gauguin's artistic creda also espoused by Van Gagh the tropics heighten the experience af saturated color especially in whase credo alsa Gogh illy