St. Kitts & Nevis
The written history of Nevis dates to the 1490s
The island of Nevis was sighted by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Caribbean in the 1490’s. The island with its mountain capped with mist and clouds was named “Nuestro Senora de las Nieves” which means “Our Lady of the Snows”.
The Caribs, one of the first set of Amerindian groups to inhabit Nevis, named the island “Oualie,” land of beautiful water. By right of discovery, Spain laid claim to the island, but was more interested in the Greater Antilles.


