Fort Lauderdale (Global Adventures): Despite economic hard times, the cruise industry managed to generate an annual worldwide growth rate of 7.2 percent in the 1990 to 2009 time frame. In North America, about 10.2 million passengers did board ships last year, compared to 13.4 million worldwide, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) says in its [...]

Greifswald (Global Adventures): The Caribbean did have a much larger landmass 40 to 50 million years ago, scientists from the University of Greifswald in Germany say. At depths between 2,625 to 3,281 feet (800 and 1,000 meters), they discovered seamounts made up from fossilized coral in the Hess-Escarpment in the central Caribbean. The 620-mile linear [...]

The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Hispaniola is perhaps most famous for marking the first European colony in the New World, discovered by Christopher Columbus on his voyages in 1492 and 1493. He founded the settlement of La Navidad on the north coast (today part of Haiti). It is the tenth [...]