| Saint
Thomas is an island that can be seen from Puerto Rican shore, and is in the Caribbean Sea.
It is a constituent of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United
States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of
Charlotte Amalie. The island was originally settled around 1500 BC by the
Ciboney people. They were later replaced by the Arawaks and then the
Caribs. Christopher Columbus sighted the island in 1493 on his second
voyage to the "New World". The Caribs seem not to have survived
the first decades of contact with Europeans, either due to disease or
deportation and extermination. Pirates likely made use of the island as an
occasional base in the next 150 years. Saint Thomas is very popular with the
senior market for cruise ship travel. |
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