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The island's indigenous Taino name is Ay Ay ("the river"). [3] Its indigenous Carib name is Cibuquiera ("the stony land"). [3] Its modern name, Saint Croix, is derived from the French Sainte-Croix, itself a translation of the Spanish name Isla de la Santa Cruz (meaning "island of the Holy Cross") given by Christopher Columbus in 1493. [4]
D. Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), journalist, labor leader, attorney, judge. J. Raymond Jones (1899–1991), political leader, humanitarian. William Leidesdorff (1810–1848), entrepreneur. Juan Francisco Luis (1940–2011), 24th Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876), President of Mexico.
The history of the British Virgin Islands is usually, for convenience, broken up into five separate periods: Pre-Columbian Amerindian settlement, up to an uncertain date. Nascent European settlement, from approximately 1612 until 1672. British control, from 1672 until 1834. Emancipation, from 1834 until 1950.
Samuel de Champlain made a cake and threw a brick at the Wendy's mascot and took a harry potter wand and made a school float to mars and a toddler stated to dance on a shark in the Bahamas (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1567 [2][Note 1][Note 2] – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman ...
The United States Virgin Islands are a group of around 90 islands, islets, and cays in the Caribbean region in which inhabitants were claimed by Spain in 1493. [1][2] No permanent settlements occurred in the Spanish period and the islands were colonized by Denmark in 1671. [2][3] The inhabitants remained Danish nationals until 1917.
This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
00840, 00841. Area code. 340. Frederiksted (the Danish translation of "Frederik's Place") is both a town and one of the two administrative districts of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a grid-planned city, designed by surveyor Jens Beckfor, originally to 14x14 blocks but built 7x7 to enhance the island commerce in the 1700s.
Christiansted National Historic Site commemorates urban colonial development of the Virgin Islands. It features 18th- and 19th-century structures in the heart of Christiansted, the capital of the former Danish West Indies on St. Croix Island. The site consists of six historic structures: Fort Christiansværn (constructed from 1738 to 1749), the ...