TURTLES WERE FOUND IN ABUNDANCE around all three islands in days gone by. They became a major source of food and income for the islanders from the early times of settlement. They were fished in small vessels called catboats, placed in a pen known as a kraal, and traded. As numbers of turtles dwindled around…
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS WAS FIRST SPOTTED BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS in 1503, who named them “Las Tortugas” – Spanish for turtles, which were found in abundance in the surrounding seas. In 1670, the islands were acquired by the British from Spain. The Treaty of Madrid decreed the islands a British possession and a dependency…