It is written that Columbus brought the Limes of Arabia to the Caribbean on his second voyage of exploration. The juis was a big hit with the locals and visitors.
Limes provided essentials nutrients to sailors on long sea journeys making great distance and conquest possible. British warriors where nicknamed Limeys.
Then, lime juice fortified with rum, a perservative. From olde Havana to Spanish Main, for
hundreds of years, rum and lime had been a match made in Heaven