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History of Cayman Islands - English
URL: http://www.cayman-realestate.com/History.html

Christopher Columbus was the first person to discover the Cayman Islands. On the 10 th of May, 1503 his son Ferdinand noted in his diary, "We were in sight of two very small and low islands full of tortoise as was the sea about, in so much that they looked like rocks." It was for this reason that the Cayman Islands were originally named Las Tortugas meaning "The Turtles."

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Cayman Islands History and Government - Travel - Virgin.net - English
URL: http://www.virgin.net/travel/guides/c_america/cayman_islands/historyandgovernmen

To find out more about Cayman Islands visit Virgin.net's Travel guides.

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World History Archives: The history of the Cayman Islands - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/index-c.html

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The Cayman Islands Memory Bank - English
URL: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/65hm-e.htm

The Cayman Islands Memory Bank: collecting and preserving oral history in small island societies.

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History of Cayman Islands - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/cayman_islands_history.html

The Cayman Islands remained largely uninhabited until the 17th century. A variety of people settled on the islands: pirates, refugees from the Spanish Inquisition, shipwrecked sailors, deserters from Oliver Cromwell's army in Jamaica, and slaves.

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A Brief History of the Cayman Islands - English
URL: http://cayman.com.ky/history.htm

A Brief History of the Cayman Islands - Slavery, Hurricanes, Government.

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