The Abaco Islands of the Bahamas by Blair Howard

Author:Blair Howard [Howard, Blair]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2011-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Founded by American loyalists in 1784, Marsh Harbour is located close to the center of the Abaco island chain and is the gateway to the nearby island settlements of Great Guana Cay, Man-O-War Cay and Hope Town. Almost everything begins and ends in Marsh Harbour.

History

The first foreigners to visit the Abacos were Spanish explorers. They called the islands Habacoa, from the Spanish phrase, "haba de cacau," a rough description of the islands' limestone substructure.

Juan Ponce de Leon is supposed to have stopped by the islands in 1513, during his search for the fabled Fountain of Youth, but he found nothing of value except the local inhabitants, a small number of Lucayan Indians. These he quickly enslaved and, by 1550, the poor Lucayans had died out completely.

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