When Columbus sighted them in 1493, he named them ‘Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins’ after the legendary sea goddess. They quickly became a sailor’s paradise; steady trade winds guided seamen to their sheltered channels, where they could relax on tropical beaches sipping rum beneath swaying palms. For some time they were considered purely strategic resources but they later developed a sugar cane economy. Those days have long since past and today it has become a tax haven ...