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Recorded history began on 12 October 1492, when Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Guanahani, which he renamed San Salvador Island, on his first voyage to the New World. The earliest permanent European settlement was in 1648 on Eleuthera .
The Bahamas was one of the few areas in the region in which the Arawak people were not displaced by the more warlike Caribs. When, in 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landing in the New World in The Bahamas, the people who met him were Arawaks who, he wrote, ‘have opened their hearts to us. We have become great friends.’.
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The Bahamas (officially called Commonwealth of The Bahamas) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. The country's capital, Nassau, is on New Providence Island. The Taino were the first people living there. In 1492, Christopher Columbus found the Americas by landing on another of the islands, San Salvador.
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas gained independence from the United Kingdom on July 10, 1973. If we consider the independence date as the birth of modern The Bahamas, it is 50 years old. If we consider the independence date as the birth of modern The Bahamas, it is 50 years old.
Jan 30, 2022 · A population history of indigenous Bahamian islanders: Insights from ancient DNA - Forbes‐Pateman - 2022 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library.
Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS first set foot in the New World in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647, and they became a colony in 1783. Since gaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas has prospered through tourism, international banking, and investment management.
