Worth knowing
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Hamilton was born in Charlestown, on Nevis, and sailed for North America as a teenager. The house at his birthplace, wrecked by an earthquake in 1840 and later restored, is now a museum.
Where its story happens
Hamilton's birthplace, Charlestown, at 17.14°N, 62.63°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Saint Kitts and Nevis
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the eastern Caribbean, west of Antigua. See Saint Kitts and Nevis on a map.
- Its larger island's name is an old nickname for Saint Christopher, and its capital is Basseterre.
- It is the smallest country in the Americas, in both area and population.
- Alexander Hamilton, the face on the US ten-dollar bill, was born on one of its two islands.
- A British fortress on a steep volcanic hill here was known as the Gibraltar of the Caribbean.