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0
3 mi
Airport
Lighthouse
Reef
0
3 km
Long Coconut
Point
Long Coconut
Point
North Side
North Side
Old Man
Bay
Old Man
Bay
A4
Colliers
Colliers
Old Man Bay
Old Man Bay
Malportas
Pond
Malportas
Pond
Colliers
Pond
Colliers
Pond
A4
O
V E
O
V E
A3
Gun
Bay
Gun
Bay
Meagre Bay
Pond
Meagre Bay
Pond
East End
East End
10
East
Point
East
Point
Frank
Sound
Frank
Sound
A3
North
East
Point
Bodden
Bay
Bodden
Bay
Spot Bay
Spot Bay
11
North
East
Point
2
SPOT BAY
SPOT BAY
A6
h e B i g h t
Bamboo
Bay
he Bight
Bamboo
Bay
CREEK
CREEK
Pollard
Bay
Pollard
Bay
A7
Tom
Jennetts
Bay
To m
Jennetts
Bay
Stake
Bay
Stake
Bay
STAKE
BAY
STAKE
BAY
Cotton Tree
Bay
Cotton Tree
Bay
Sea Feather
Bay
Sea Feather
Bay
A6
White
Bay
White
Bay
Gerrard Smith
Airport
A7
Cayman Brac
WEST END
WEST END
South East
Bay
South East
Bay
West End
Point
West End
Point
12
1
1978:
A Marine Conservation Law is passed to preserve the environment
as a natural resource.
Cayman Islanders vote overwhelmingly to remain a dependency of Britain.
Slavery is outlawed by Great Britain.
A royal grant is issued, and the first permanent settlement established.
Commissioner Sir Allen Cardinall becomes the first public figure to
promote tourism to the islands.
Dive operator Bob Soto begins the first recreational scuba-diving school,
creating a world-class attraction.
The Firm
, starring Tom Cruise and based on a John Grisham novel, is shot here.
The Owen Roberts Airport is completed; tourism begins.
Peace comes to the seas, as the Cayman Islands are no longer a magnet
for the pirates.
Landing at the eastern part of Grand Cayman Island, Sir Francis Drake spots
“great serpents called Caymanas, large like lizards, which are edible.”
Columbus spots the Cayman Islands, naming them Las Tortugas because
of the many sea turtles.
A small permanent community is established.
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3
4
5
1962:
1835:
1743:
1934-40:
6
1957:
7
8
9
1993:
1953:
1782:
10
1585:
11
1503:
12
1830:
