On his second voyage to the Caribbean, Christopher Columbus spotted what are now called the British and US Virgin Islands and named them after the 11,000 virgins of the 5th-century martyr St. Ursula.
Christopher Columbus spotted what are now called the British and named them after the 11,000 virgins of the 5th-century martyr St. Ursula. This was on his second voyage to the Caribbean. Christopher Columbus spotted what are now called US Virgin Islands and named them after the 11,000 virgins of the 5th-century martyr St. Ursula. This was on his second voyage to the Caribbean.