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Mongoose Junction Locally produced art, of trail details. Hikers will like this map
jewelry, clothing, duty free shop- ping, more as a souvenir, although the major
and good food. trails are indeed detailed. Trail details on
this Franko Map include:
Lumberyard Complex Good food, a
bakery and the St. John Ice Company. Brown Bay Trail
Bordeaux Mtn. Trail
Details for Coral Bay include the afore Ram Head Trail
mentioned dive sites plus the following: Caneel Hill Trail
Lind Point Trail and Reef Bay Trail
Coral Bay In the era of slavery this safe
harbor was St. John's main harbor. In There is also a detail of the busiest cruise
1716 this is where the Danish West India ship dock in the Caribbean – Charlotte
and Guinea Company began their Estate Amalie, which is also the biggest city in
Carolina Plantation, and the old sugar mill the U.S. Virgin Islands. Charlotte Amalie
can still be visited. Fort Berg was built in is a steep and complex town, with peculiar
1717, and it was there that the 1733 slave streets on very steep hills. Apparently
insurrection began. Coral Bay is named Charlotte Amalie’s street plans were done
from the Dutch word "Kraal", which is by someone perhaps in Denmark, where it
"corral", because Dutch buccaneers kept is very flat, because it appears that the
cattle here before the Danes arrived. plans did not accommodate the extreme
steepness. Many of Charlotte Amalie’s
Emmaus Moravian Church First built in streets are actually stairsteps, obviously
1726, it was lovingly restored in 1918. It for walking only. This Franko Map shows
was the second mission on St. John after the heart of St. Thomas, which is
Bethany Mission near Cruz Bay, and is Charlotte Amalie, and all of its crazy
listed on the National Register of Historic streets, including those that are stairsteps.
Places. There is so much scenery and history in
this famous cruise ship port. The detailed
Hurricane Hole Sailors have hid from words on this map barely scratch the
stormy weather here since its discovery. surface. This town deserves a book or two
Mangroves line the shore. to describe it, but on the Franko Map the
following captions give the viewer a slight
Naturally, with the famous United States flavor of what is in store:
Virgin Islands National Park, this map
must also include the locations and names Charlotte Amalie The Capital of the
of the important trails. Fortunately for USVI is one of the busiest Caribbean
trail lovers and back packers, National cruise ship stops. It is full of fascinating
Geographic makes a nice map of the history and natural beauty. The historic
Virgin Islands National Park, with plenty district is mostly of Danish origin. By
