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The first slave ships arrived in 1673, and St. Thomas became a slave market. In 1685, the Danish leased part of the island to the Brandenburger Company, [10] which was resold to the Danish in 1754, [12] and was granted free port status in 1764. [13] The land was divided into plantations and sugarcane production became the primary economic activity.
Havensight on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a community and the busiest cruise port in the world. [1] It is located in the Southside census subdistrict (CSD), 1.5 miles from the territorial capital of Charlotte Amalie. [2] Havensight is mostly known for its deepwater port West Indian Company Dock, but is also known for its aerial ...
Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base. / 18.33861°N 64.94083°W / 18.33861; -64.94083. Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base ( IATA: SPB, FAA LID: VI22 ), also known as St. Thomas Seaplane Base, is located in the harbor by Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. This private-use airport is owned by the Virgin Islands Port ...
The airport is named after Henry E. Rohlsen, a St. Croix native who was one of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II . The airport, which was a hub for Aero Virgin Islands in the 1970s and 1980s, can receive jets up to the size of the Boeing 747s. Before 1996 the airport was known as Alexander Hamilton International Airport.
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Charlotte Amalie ( / ˈʃɑːrlət əˈmɑːli ( ə )/ SHAR-lət ə-MAH-lee (-ə) ), [2] located on St. Thomas, is the capital and the largest city of the United States Virgin Islands. It was founded in 1666 as Taphus (meaning 'tap house' or 'beer hall' in Danish ). [3] In 1691, the town was renamed to Charlotte Amalie after the Danish queen ...
Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony) Coordinates: 18°20′N 64°55′W. The Brandenburg colony of St. Thomas consisted of a leased part of the Danish island of St. Thomas (today part of the United States Virgin Islands) to the Brandenburg-Prussia margraviate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1685 to 1754. [ 1][ 2]
St Thomas, the Apostle parish is an ecclesiastical parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. [1] It is served by the church of "St Thomas, the Apostle". The parish is centered on "Laurel Lodge" district and the townland of Carpenterstown [2] in the civil parish of Castleknock, [3] Fingal in Ireland.