Among the many alternate names that have been used for this island are the Evangelist Island, Grapefruit Island, and Island of 500 Murders.
Among the many alternate names that have been used for this island are the Evangelist Island, Grapefruit Island, and Island of 500 Murders. Most of the Southern part of this island is taken up by a National Park known as Lanier Swamp, while a cave on its eastern point contains some well-preserved Ciboney pictographs. The United States gave up claims to this largest island in the Canarreos Archipelago in the Hay-Quesada Treaty, while its capital and largest city Nueva Gerona [hey RO nah] (*) was founded in 1830 by colonial governor Francisco Dionisio Vives. Other attractions include the estate where Jose MartÃ­ spent 9 weeks before being shipped off to exile in Spain and the Panopticon-style prison that held the perpetrators of the Moncada Barracks attack. Renamed in 1978 for the Communist training camps for high-schoolers established here by Fidel Castro, for 10 points, name this Cuban island known for its coniferous forests.
Among the many alternate names that have been used for this island are the Evangelist Island, Grapefruit Island, and Island of 500 Murders.
Isle of Youth or Isle of Pines or Isla de la Juventud [Prompt on "Cuba", I guess]