
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. September, 2001.
The picture above, which can be enlarged by clicking on it, was taken in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, in September, 2001. It was taken on the first morning of our Caribbean cruise. The ship had docked fairly early in the morning, and this is the scene Betsy and I saw as we had our breakfast.
St. Thomas was discovered by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493, but the first permanent European settlement didn’t come until nearly 200 years later when the Danish West India Company received its charter from King Christian V to occupy and take possession of St. Thomas and other nearby islands in 1671.
St. Thomas remained under Danish control (with a couple of short exceptions) until March 31, 1917, when it, St. Johns and St. Croix islands were purchased by the United States.
While eating our breakfast both Betsy and I were impressed by the blue of the sky and the deeper emerald blue of the waters of the sea. We were also fascinated by the small boats in the harbor and the white houses dotting the mountain sides.
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