Blog Post #4 - Saint Martin
Saint Martin, also known as Sint Maarten in Dutch and Saint-Martin in French, is located in the northeastern part of the Caribbean. The island was named by Christopher Columbus after St. Martin of Tours. In terms of research material I believe one of the best things to discuss could be the trending of Dutch and Spanish hands a multitude of times. Another thing could be the agriculture of the land, or lack there-of in place of tourism. It would appear that Saint Martin has a wide ranging history regarding its inhabitants, which could allow us to traverse up into modern history. Some things of note would be that Columbus never actually stepped foot on the island and the island was mostly unwanted and untouched other than a brief period in which it was used as an outpost between other islands. In addition, on Saint Martin sugarcane was grown and slaves were used to do so, similarly to other nearby islands. Salt was also something wanted on the island, with the Dutch in 1693 mining for
