Although no written history exists before the late 15th century, the exciting discovery of drawings, pottery, tools and bones has proved that the islands we now know as The Bahamas were first inhabited as early as 300 - 400 AD.
The very first people, believed to have arrived from Cuba, were soon followed by Lucayan Indians, 40,000 of whom were living on the islands when Christopher Columbus set out to explore the New World and landed on San Salvador in 1492.
