THE STORY OFGRAND BAHAMAISLANDABOUT GRAND BAHAMA ISLANDAs the northernmost island of The Bahamas, and the closest major island to the United States,Grand Bahama Island is a beautiful, and convenient, vacation destination, and home to someof the friendliest people on Earth. Our ecological wonders and bounty of natural riches havebrought explorers to our gorgeous shores for over 7,000 years, while our vibrant culture,charming towns and settlements, and island highlights and landmarks have long delightedvisitors from all over the world.For your next trip to our tropical paradise, be sure to check out the many attractions andadventures that await you on Grand Bahama Island. And to make your vacation here evenmore fantastic, view our Travel Tips, Facts & Figures and Entry Requirements before you travel.(This way you can spend less time planning things out and more time having fun in the sun onone of our spectacular beaches!)THE HISTORY OF GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND7,000 YEARS AGO... The earliest settlers, the Siboney Indians, were a people who lived off thesea; the shells and jewelry they left behind form the majority of what we know about them.Their remains suggest that they were here as early as 7,000 years ago, but disappeared afteranother Caribbean group, the Lucayans, superseded them.The Lucayans (also called Arawaks) were a broad group of tribes who worked their way up theCaribbean from South America’s Amazon between 5000 and 7,000 years ago. WhenChristopher Columbus sighted San Salvador on his first crossing in 1492, there were anestimated 40,000 of them living in The Islands of The Bahamas, with a population of about4,000 on Grand Bahama Island. Surprisingly little is known about the Lucayans, a fact thatcomes from their rapid extermination by the Spanish shortly after the arrival of Columbus. It isbelieved they had an advanced political and social structure, and lived in well-organized cities.
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