Atlas of the Cayman Islands
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The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English.
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General maps
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Map of the Cayman Islands |
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Map of the Cayman Islands |
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Districts |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day the Cayman Islands, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day the Cayman Islands.
| Christopher Columbus discovers the unihabited Cayman islands in 1503 and names them Las Tortugas. In the seventeenth century variety of people settle on the islands, including pirates, refugees from the Spanish Inquisition, shipwrecked sailors, deserters from Oliver Cromwell's army in Jamaica, and slaves. The islands become an English posession in 1670 and become part of the colony of Jamaica. Permanent settlement began around 1661. |
| [[|border|251x400px]] | In 1959 the Cayman islands are separated from Jamaica and become a separate colony and part of the West Indies Federation. |
| After the dissolution of the British West Indies in 1962, the Cayman Islands become a separate British colony. The colony has internal self-government since 1972. |
Notes and references
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General remarks:
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