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/Home/Historical Studies/History/Regional History/Central America/Caribbean /St. Kitts History of St. Kitts and Nevis Votes:0 Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money St. Kitts and Nevis HISTORY At the time of European discovery, the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis were inhabited by Carib Indians. Christopher Columbus landed on the larger island in 1493 on his second voyage and named it after St. Christopher, his patron saint. Columbus also discovered Nevis on his second voyage, reportedly calling it Nevis because of its resemblance to a snowcapped mountain (in Spanish, nuestra senora de las nieves or our lady of the snows). European colonization did not begin until 1623-1624, when first English, then French colonists arrived on St. Christopher's island, whose name the English shortened to St. Kitt's island. As the Read More Go to Site St. Kitts - Welcome to The History of St. Kitts page Votes:0 PO Box 3119, St. James, Barbados, W.I. Tel: 1 (246) 434 3434 E-mail: info@skyviews.com | To Navigation Bar | St. Kitts - Welcome to The History of St. Kitts page Like many islands in the Caribbean, St. Kitts is a volcanic island formed through the meeting of the Atlantic Oceanic Plate and the Caribbean Plate. It has resulted in the impressive Mount Liamuiga which rises to 3793 ft (1,156m). The mountain got its name from the second known human colonists of the islands -the warlike Carib Indians. These aggressive colonists succeeded in removing their predecessors, the Arawaks, by killing and/or eating them and generally frightening them away. However the Caribs' days were already numbered. Their only warning of this was the passing of Columbus' ship in 1493, who named the island after his pa Read More Go to Site

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