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About the Lucayan Sea Series
Undoubtedly, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands have a phenomenal story to tell and every great story needs someone to tell it. Most would agree that there are no better persons to tell these islands’ story than the Bahamians and Turks and Caicos Islanders who inherited them. The platform is none other than the world-renowned, awe-inspiring waters of The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands.
This 3-book series, THE LUCAYAN SEA: A Case For Naming The Historic Waters Of The Bahamas & Turks And Caicos Islands by Commodore Tellis A. Bethel, ventures back in time to shed new light on old perspectives concerning these islands’ heritage related to the Americas’ early past. It unveils a birthright, and presents a framework to optimize its use for promoting peace, should the waters of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands be given a name relative to the islands’ story.
This series seeks to uncover purpose and meaning in a tragic past to provide solutions for today’s challenges through the creative use of these islands’ untapped heritage. The proposed name for these waters is essential in telling the islands’ story as the birthplace of the Americas for promoting peace. In giving voice to the story, readers come to discover unique insights about the world-changing heritage. Be encouraged by the insights revealed in this series and join us in calling the waters of The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands the name that can tell their story for humanity’s greater good.
Books are available in Nassau, Bahamas at Logos Bookstore, and Doongalik Studios, in Eleuthera at Office General and The North Eleuthera Craft & Snack Place, or on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.
Latest Book ~ Lucayan Sea Series
The Lucayan Sea
Book 2 of 3
The Lucayan Sea--Birthplace of the Americas (2nd Edition), the second of his three-part series, Commodore Tellis Bethel, head of the Security Forces Inspectorate and the former Commander of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, unfolds unique aspects of The Bahamas’ and Turks and Caicos Islands’ geography, history, and the culture of these islands’ inhabitants.
Although there is a widespread belief that Columbus discovered a “new world.” History reveals that the Italian navigator happened upon an ancient world in the Western Hemisphere that was transformed into a New World by the Old World of Europe. These historic events find their beginnings in the lap of the tranquil waters of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The indigenous inhabitants Columbus met called themselves Lukku Cairi, meaning Island People in their native tongue. Today we call them Lucayans. Interestingly enough, the chain of beautifully scattered islands forming The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands is called the Lucayan Archipelago, a reminder of the days when Spanish explorers and conquistadors roamed these islands’ waters more than 500 years ago.
The Lucayan Islands
Book 1 of 3
The Americas’ modern nations exist today because of what took place over 500 years ago in a tiny archipelago that Spanish explorers called the Lucayan Islands or the Islas de Los Lucayos (today’s Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands). The tragic events that originated from these shores resulted in humanity’s continuing drama in its quest for peace. In this insightful book, Tellis A. Bethel shares how the Old World’s ruthless transformation of the Ancient World into a new one (today’s Americas) began in these Lucayan Islands.
This book lays a concise historical foundation for finding purpose and meaning in a tragic past that could change the world for the better. As you read Book 1, you will discover how:
- the Caribbean Islands were colonized from Central and South America, and the predominant indigenous groups involved (Arawaks, Tainos, Caribs, and Lucayans);
- Asians, Africans, and other Europeans may have arrived in the Ancient World of the Western Hemisphere before Christopher Columbus;
- Columbus’ special gift while at Hispaniola from a local chief changed history;
- Spain may not have been the first European country to have political jurisdiction over the Lucayan Islands;
- the Lucayans were the first to be forcibly taken from their homeland during Columbus’ first landfall in the Americas, marked the beginnings of European slavery within the Americas and so much more...
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