Philipsburg, Sint Maarten (© Sean Pavone/Shutterstock)

【January 22 2015】In 1763, a Dutch navy captain, John Philips, founded Philipsburg on the southern coast of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, turning it into a major trading port of the Caribbean. He was hardly the first to recognize the tropical island’s value: When Christopher Columbus spotted the island in 1493, Carib tribes had already displaced the Arawak people who’d previously inhabited the island for at least 3,500 years.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..