"Retracing Hamilton's footsteps"—his early years on the island of St. Croix
The Caribbean island of St. Croix is the largest of the United States Virgin Islands. The US purchased the islands from Denmark in 1916,...
Reversing the effects of coral bleaching in the Caribbean
Extensive coral bleaching across the world has been accelerating, primarily due to the warming of the oceans caused by climate change....
Did Columbus encounter the Bahamas? Or land on Grand Turk?
The historical records of Columbus’ first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492 are somewhat ambiguous when it comes to defining the first...
“Latin inscriptions and Christograms”
Researchers from the British Museum have been exploring the numerous caves on the uninhabited island of Mona, some 40 miles west of...
Historic Caribbean naval base recommended for the World Heritage List
The earliest defenses at English Harbour, Antigua, date to the early 18th century, but the site was largely abandoned by 1889. In recent...
Sugar, molasses, and rum
While the sugar industry powered the economic history of the Caribbean, its prized by-product—molasses—was used as early as 1637 to...
New film investigates the Jamaican Maroons
One of the little-known stories of Caribbean history involves the Jamaican Maroons, settlements of escaped slaves that lived in the...
Jamaican Jewish heritage—conservation of Jamaican Jewish cemeteries
The earliest Jewish immigrants, fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, left Spain and Portugal for Spanish Town in Jamaica. Later, Ashkenazi...