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Drax Hall, Barbados Drax Hall Estate is a sugarcane plantation situated in Saint George , Barbados , in the Caribbean . Drax Hall still stands on the site where sugarcane was first cultivated on Barbados and is one of the island 's three remaining Jacobean houses .
The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs. Today, men are admitted as guests. [2]
St Nicholas Abbey is located in Saint Peter, Barbados, and is a plantation house, museum and rum distillery. [1] Colonel Benjamin Berringer built the house in 1658. [ 2 ] This house is one of only three genuine Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere . [ 2 ]
In 1625, Holetown (formerly as St. James Town) was the site of initial English settlement of Barbados (although Captain Cataline had previously landed to collect water in 1620). The envoy (led by John Powell ) was blown off-course from South America to England and took the opportunity to claim the island for the Kingdom of England .
Barbados (UK: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ɒ s / bar-BAY-doss; US: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d oʊ s / ⓘ bar-BAY-dohss; locally / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ə s / bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.
An enlargeable basic map of Barbados A highly detailed map of Barbados. Pronunciation: Barbadian English: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d oʊ z / British English: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d ɒ s / American English: / b ɑːr ˈ b eɪ d oʊ z / ⓘ Pronunciation: Common English country name: Barbados; Official English country name: Barbados; Common endonym(s ...
Mount Gay Silver: A clear rum made from a blend of pot still and column distilled rums. Mount Gay Eclipse: An aged rum developed in 1911 and named for the total solar eclipse and the passage of Halley's comet in 1910. Mount Gay Black Barrel: An aged rum that undergoes a second maturation in deeply charred Bourbon oak barrels.