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...sure, admiring tourists have been journeying there since Christopher Columbus, who in 1493, sailed past the 10-mile-by-5-mile gem and dubbed it Graciosa, Spanish for "graceful." (Vieques is an old Indian word for small island.) Lately, conference planners have been smitten by the place and have scheduled executive retreats at the Martineau Bay Wyndham resort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Caribbean's Last Secret | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

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