Sentences with phrase «century plantation»

Some of its unique attractions include the Cayman Turtle Farm, the world's only commercial Turtle Farm; Boatswain's Beach - an all - day entertainment and learning center; Pedro St. James Historic Site with a restored 19th century plantation great house and an interactive theatre, the National Museum in George Town, the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park and Gardens and Camana Bay (Grand Cayman's newest town), the wreck of the ex-USS Kittiwake (Grand Cayman's newest wreck dive site) and of course, world famous Seven Mile Beach - just 10 - 15 minutes by car from our Resort.

Historically graced by royalty, celebrities and politicians such as Winston Churchill, Pierre Trudeau and Henry Kissinger, the private white sands at this converted eighteenth century plantation property are yours to enjoy.

The first part of the tour takes guests along beautiful Ka`anapali Beach to learn about ancient Hawaiian villages and early 20th century plantation life before the resorts were built.

Finally, we continue to the Balenbouche estate; the working plantation proudly demonstrates the life of the 18th century with remains of the old sugar mill and a visit to the 18th Century plantation House.

A boutique hotel is in the works, but for now stay at the five - room Farm Lodge, a 17th - century plantation house where the décor and home cooking are reminiscent of a bygone era — like the island itself.

Originally a 19th century plantation town, it is now transformed into a bustling business area with fabulous shopping and delectable dining.

Look for: Mango trees, crumbling stone walled enclosures of ancient taro patches and even coffee shrubs from a 19th century plantation.

Koloa is a historic 19th - century plantation town that was the site of Hawaii's first sugar plantation.

The theme of the trunks is 19th century plantation life and it is full of learning materials, artifacts, and activities.

And it seems that quite lot of people surveyed thought that gospel means just a style of music derived from 19th century plantation labourers.

So poor is the condition of many native woodlands that 19th - century plantations of Scots pine, with their young self - seeded offspring, are often of greater conservation value: «These self - sown pine woods tend to have a much more varied structure and condition than the genuinely native pinewoods, which generally have no structural diversity and consist of mature trees with little or no regeneration,» say MacKenzie and Callander.

Not exact matches

The plantation mixes centuries - old traditions — most of the work is done by hand — and the latest agricultural methods.

LOS ANGELES — Insisting that the legal, centuries - long practice of slavery in America could never have limited his personal or artistic ambitions, Kanye West stated Wednesday that if he had been born into captivity, he would have simply escaped the plantation on his motorcycle «the first chance [he] got.»

By the turn of the 20th century Gros Michel was exported from the Caribbean and Central America, where large - scale plantations were carved out of virgin rainforest.

The Spanish conquest in the early 16th century enslaved Indians to work in mines and on plantations.

Its roots are in the experience of 19th - century sugar - cane plantation workers, who in pidgin English told stories of common suffering and hope.

The fact that this would also discomfort the Ulster Unionists, who derive from the seventeenth century Protestant plantations enacted to civilize and Anglicise the north of Ireland, was an extra bonus.

I discovered that Shinto had come to Hawaii with Japanese workers looking for jobs on the sugar plantations a little more than a century ago.

While workers were being drawn into the industrial labor force as individual breadwinners in Europe during the nineteenth century, for example, other workers in Europe's colonies were being drawn into a permanent state of dependence as producers of raw commodities — in mines and on plantations.

The main Indian immigration came during the nineteenth century, when indentured Indian laborers came to work on the rubber plantations, and now the population of Singapore is about six and a half percent Indian.

During the colonization of Brazil in the 16th century, land was doled out entirely to Portuguese royal families, and, today, productive land in the lowland savanna has been swallowed up by cattle ranches, soybean farms, and eucalyptus plantations run by powerful business interests.

Only a fraction of the forests present centuries ago have escaped human influence; in many regions the forest is gone, has regrown as secondary forest, or consists of managed and plantation forests.

When the British gained control of Jamaica in the 17th century, they began feeding turtles to slaves brought from West Africa to work the sugar plantations.

The study compiles data from 20 years of field studies and suggests that if current trends continue, forests managed as short - rotation pine plantations will support the majority of Swainson's warbler breeding populations by the end of the 21st century.

During the late 20th century their numbers were devastated by hunting and the loss of their forest habitat for logging and rubber plantations.

The story centers on a 17th century family that's moved alone to an uncharted area on the edge of the New England wilderness; they've willingly left their Puritan plantation over a religious disagreement.

Vazante (Unrated) 19th Century saga, set in Brazil's Diamantina Mountains, about a slave - trading plantation owner (Adriano Carvalho) who decides to marry his 12 year - old niece (Luana Nastas), after his wife dies during childbirth.

The section of the book set in the sea islands of South Carolina depicts eighteenth - century indigo plantations where African American slaves and overseers are left largely to their own devices during the «sick season» — a good half of the year.

In the mid-nineteenth century, plantation owners yielded from this soil a single crop — cotton — and cotton made it slave country.

On the way to Garrafon cliff and located right by the side of Playa Lancheros and Playa Paraiso in the central part of Isla Mujeres, Hacienda Mundaca is a plantation house built by a 19th century Spanish pirate and famous swashbuckler named Fermin Mundaca de Marechega.

Set on a tea plantation, the 40 - room Le Passage Moganshan, which partly opened in December, takes its inspiration from Moganshan's historic manor homes, with century - old recycled wood floors and a magnificent garden planted with 12,000 rose bushes.

A little closer to home, the Hilton Rose Hall, an all - inclusive resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica, sits on the grounds of an 18th century sugar plantation and has Jamaica's largest water park for 70,000 Hilton Honors points per night.

Coffee Plantations - Coffee was first brought to Kona by Samuel Reverend Ruggles from cuttings from Brazil, although it was not until much later in that century that it became a consistent and worthwhile crop.

Away from the more congested areas of Ka'anapali, Honokowai and Napili, the Kapalua Resort is situated on a century - old pineapple plantation with rolling hills, spectacular views and a beautiful beach.

This 1864 sugar plantation has been restored and reopened offering visitors the unique chance to experience what island life was like over a century ago.

The 12 villas are designed using traditional 19th century colonial architecture and classic plantation style interiors.

The old sugar plantations tell a story of an almost time - forgotten island with centuries old sugar mills to be discovered with weathered iron machinery from the original sugar works of the 1700's.

Deep in the tangled green of Mexico's western highlands, a 19th - century casa grande opens onto an organic farm, a coffee plantation, and a formal garden inspired by the one at Spain's Alhambra palace.

The building has served as a school, a private residence and a sugar plantation offices since being built in the 19th century.

During the late 19th and early 20th century, the atoll was used as a reliable source for the collection of sponges and later became dominated by coconut plantations.

Formerly home to a 19th - century sugar plantation, Nail Bay was named the «Best Value in Virgin Gorda» by Travel + Leisure magazine, in 2007.

The resort is fringed by two white sand beaches on the site of an 18th - century sugar plantation — pure heaven on earth.

The design and décor reflect the elegant Spanish colonial style of an 18th century Guatemalan plantation.

You can also visit ruins of Loyalist cotton plantations, like the 18th - century Deveaux House on land granted to Colonel Andrew Deveaux in 1783 for protecting Nassau from Spanish invasion and occupation, and ancient railroad tracks stretching out to the sea.

Along with the fascinating mix of local history, insider knowledge and culture, visitors can soak up some old Caribbean charm at the stately 18th - century Nisbet Plantation Great House, the Caribbean's only historic plantation inn set on a beach.

San Salvador's many attractions include the archaeological site where its earliest inhabitants, the Lucayan Indians, lived; five monuments at Landfall Park commemorating Columbus» arrival here, one underwater; the Dixon Hill Lighthouse; Watlings Estate, the ruins of a late 18th - century Loyalist plantation house, and other historical ruins; the New World Museum, with a display of artifacts from the time of the indigenous people and the life of Christopher Columbus; and the Bahamian Field Station, a center for research in archaeology, biology, geology and marine sciences.

Tucked away amid a century - old coconut plantation and bordered by wetlands, Bon Ton Resort Langkawi began as a seafood restaurant 20 years ago and has slowly evolved into a rather special place to stay.

From today we are delivering our acclaimed Outrigger hospitality that blends the needs of the most discerning traveller with the charm and tradition of an early 17th century Mauritian sugar cane plantation on the island's southern coast.»

Then, visit to a 10th century sugar plantation...

Amidst an abundance of tropical vegetation and historical remains dating back to the plantation's 18th century beginnings, 8 miles of bike trails were carefully implemented to create a unique adventure location while at the same time preserving the plantation's natural beauty and cultural heritage.