Antigua: The History Lover's Caribbean Paradise
Antigua: The History Lover's Caribbean Paradise As most students of history will tell you, there is little point to traveling for vacation if that travel does not take you somewhere with historical significance. While you can find historical significance just about anywhere, we can all agree that standing in the footprints of history while sipping a daiquiri on an exotic beach is probably a slight measure more appealing. Since the most convenient tropical paradise exists just south and east of the U.S. in the Caribbean, I will focus my attention there. Zoom into the mass of tiny islands and one 87 square kilometer dot stands out. It lies just east of Nevis and at the most northern tip of the ring of islands known as the Lesser Antilles. This is Antigua . From Christopher Columbus' 1493 visit, the island remained untouched until the British settled there in 1632. From there sugarcane plantations sprung up, requiring the importation of thousands of West African slaves . Later, ...