Bahama

Bahama, the island later called Grand Bahama, lies in the northern part of the Lucayan archipelago. Its low limestone land is bordered by shallow banks and the deeper waters of the Atlantic. The name comes from the Lucayan people who inhabited the island before the Spanish arrival. In the early sixteenth century slave raiding and the removal of islanders to other colonies devastated the population of the Bahamas.

The later city of Freeport lies here.