The Lucayan Story: The Indigenous People Of The Bahamas & The Turks And Caicos Islands

The Lucayan Story: The Indigenous People Of The Bahamas & The Turks And Caicos Islands

This book brings fresh insights about the history of these islands and the unique contributions of the indigenous people of The Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

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About the Book

The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands have a rich heritage that tell the story of humanity’s ongoing quest for peace in light of the legacy of the Lucayan people. Through the pages of this book, Tellis Bethel takes readers on a journey that:

  • Rediscovers humanity’s age-old quest through an ancient migration that resulted in the settling of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
  • Examines unique insights about the original inhabitants of the Lucayan Islands, who were the first to welcome Christopher Columbus to the New World and the first to suffer total genocide within the modern Americas.
  • Reveals how Columbus’ first landfall in the New World made The Bahamas the birthplace of the modern Americas.
  • Sheds light on the role modern-day Bahamians were destined to fulfill as Ambassadors of Peace.
  • Illuminates how The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands got their names and the significance of the waters that surround these islands.
  • … and much more.

Now available on Kindle or in paperback  from Amazon.

Also available in Nassau, Bahamas at:

  • National Art Gallery of The Bahamas- West & West Hill St.
  • Nassau Stationers- Rosetta Street, Palmdale
  • Logos Bookstore, Harbour Bay Shopping Centre
  • Clifton Heritage Park- South West Road
  • Bahama Art & Handicraft- East Shirley Street
  • The Linen Shop
  • All Seasons, All Occasions- Palmdale Shopping Plaza

In Freeport, Grand Bahama at:

  • The Bahamas National Trust

In Governor’s Harbour Eleuthera at:

  • Leon Levy Nature Preserve
  • Buccaneer’s Gift Shop
  • Dornel’s Treasure’s
About the Author
Tellis A. Bethel Sr.

Commodore Tellis Bethel was born in Nassau, Bahamas. He is a naval officer by profession and currently serves as Commander Defence Force in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Commodore Bethel is a graduate of the Britannia Naval College, Devon, England and the Naval Staff College at United States Naval War College in Providence, Rhode Island, and has a Master of Arts degree in Leading Innovation and Change from York St. John University in England. Captain Bethel lives in Nassau, Bahamas with his wife, Teri, and their two sons.

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