Carib canoe
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:59 pm
A typical Carib dugout war canoe, with a Carib Indian, appears on the '/2 cent stamp. These Indians were first encountered by Columbus in the Lesser Antilles and adjacent coast of Venezuela. Their name was given to the Caribbean Sea and it is thought that they spread throughout this area from Central Brazil. They were excellent canoe-makers and were one of the few peoples in the New World to employ sails. SG323