Grand Life Spring & Summer '24 FAW ENGLISH - Flipbook - Page 50
CLAIMED BY THE SPANISH IN 1492... After the Spanish claimed the island in 1492, there was
barely a footprint to be seen on the beaches of Grand Bahama Island. The Lucayans were
enslaved and transported to work the gold and silver mines of Hispaniola and Cuba, and the
pearl fisheries of Margarita, near Trinidad. The conquerors gave the island the name
