des moine airport In the spring of that year, Fran ois de Grasse commanded the French fleet stationed on nearby Martin

In the spring of that year, Fran ois de Grasse commanded the French fleet stationed on nearby Martinique. Rodney was keeping on eye on de Grasse from an observation point on Pigeon Island, so he saw the 33 French ships sail into the Caribbean to join forces with their Spanish allies stationed on Haiti. Suspecting that the French-Spanish fleets intended to attack Britain s major stronghold on Jamaica, Rodney set out with 37 ships to intercept de Grasse.

On the main coastal road, you ll find small craft shops that sell baskets woven from rainforest larouma reeds into intricate brown, black and white patterns handed down through many generations. Turn inland to the little hamlet of Salybia where the altar inside the A-shaped mouina