Eleuthera

Eleuthera, Bahamas

Location 26N 76W Level 2 Population 700 Forts NA Commodities NA Merchantiles -0

At first just an anchorage for privateers, Eleuthera becomes and English colony eventually. In the 17th Century it really never grows, remaining a backwater haven for pirates, privateers, and the other riff-raff who hide among the Bahamas.

Locations

Harbour Island

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In the mid-17th century, British puritans in search of religious freedom, known as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settled on Eleuthera across the water, then on Harbour Island. These settlers established an independent government and settlement that lasted for nearly 70 years, from when the puritans landed in 1650 to when Harbour Island surrendered its rights to the British Crown in 1717. For years, life was harsh on the island, with locals making their living by assisting ships wrecked on the reefs. Rumor has it that in order to maintain their income, they would lure ships to their doom, then plunder the cargo and leave no survivors, but this rumor has been contested.

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  Harbour Island beach