Spanning a million square miles and dotted with more than 700 islands, the Caribbean Sea was one of the last places colonized by Native Americans as they explored and settled North and South America.

Andrew Bloomenthal has 20+ years of editorial experience as a financial journalist and as a financial services marketing writer. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...