This post was first published on the Cari-Bois Environmental News Network as part of an ongoing series that aims to give Caribbean scientists, explorers, environmentalists and nature enthusiasts a ...
Lore has it that Barbados got its name from the Bearded Fig Tree, spotted in 1536 by Por­tuguese sea captain Pedro a Campos, who called the island that held them “Los Bar­bados,” or “The Bearded.” If ...