The Cayman Islands are overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The islands are comprised of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. First visited and discovered by Christopher Columbus May 10, 1503 during his fourth and final voyage to the New World. After Colombus the first recorded English speaking visitor to the islands was Sir Francis Drake. This was in 1586. It is Francis Drake who named the islands the Cayman Islands.   (more…)