Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts is a volcanic island in the eastern Caribbean and the larger of the two main islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Its landscapes, settlements, and history reflect Indigenous habitation, European colonization, and plantation agriculture.

Saint Kitts and Nevis: A sovereign Caribbean country comprising the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts is the larger island and contains the national capital, Basseterre.
Kalinago: An Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles, historically known to Europeans as Caribs. Kalinago communities lived on Saint Kitts before European colonization.
Sugarcane: A tall tropical grass cultivated for the sucrose-rich juice in its stalks. Sugarcane plantations became the island’s dominant export economy.
St. Kitts Scenic Railway: A narrow-gauge railway on Saint Kitts, originally built to transport sugarcane from plantations. Its route follows infrastructure created for the island’s former sugar industry.
Caribbean: A region of the Americas encompassing the Caribbean Sea, its islands, and surrounding coasts. Saint Kitts lies in the eastern Caribbean island arc.
Christopher Columbus: An Italian navigator whose Spanish-sponsored voyages initiated sustained European contact with the Americas. His second voyage passed Saint Kitts in 1493, giving the island its European name.
Atlantic slave trade: The forced transportation of millions of Africans across the Atlantic to labor in the Americas. Enslaved Africans were brought to Saint Kitts to work on sugar plantations.
Tourism in Saint Kitts and Nevis: An economic sector centered on visitors to the beaches, heritage sites, and landscapes of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Tourism is a major contemporary use of the island’s coast and historic sites.
Lesser Antilles: The arc of islands forming the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea. Saint Kitts is part of this island chain between the Greater Antilles and South America.
French colonization of the Americas: France’s establishment of settlements and colonial rule across parts of the Americas. French settlers established a presence on Saint Kitts alongside English colonists in the seventeenth century.

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