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It is believed the first amerindians on the island were the Arawaks, who made their way from Venezuela and South America. They were skilled people who lived off the earth and engaged in farming and fishing.
The first inhabitants of Guadeloupe on record were the native Arawaks or the Taino people, and the Caribs or the Kalinago, who called the island “Karukera” meaning “Island of Beautiful Waters”.
original inhabitants & spanish discovery Like many other Caribbean islands, Guadeloupe’s takes its modern name from the explorer Christopher Columbus, who called it Santa María de Guadalupe, in honour of the Virgin Mary venerated in the Spanish town of Guadalupe.
Christopher Columbus named the island Santa María de Guadalupe in 1493 after Our Lady of Guadalupe, a shrine to the Virgin Mary venerated in the Spanish town of Guadalupe, Extremadura. [ 4 ] When the area became a French colony, the Spanish name was retained – though altered to French orthography and phonology.
- Indigenous Name for Anguilla. The indigenous name for Anguilla is Malliouhana which means “arrow-shaped sea serpent” in the Arawak language. Malliouhana, being renamed to Anguilla, was done by René Goulaine de Laudonnière in 1564.
- Indigenous Name for Antigua & Barbuda. The indigenous name for Antigua is Waladli or Wadadli, which means “fish oil island” in the Kalinago language. The indigenous name for Barbuda is Wa’omoni, which means “land of the herons” in the Kalinago language.
- Indigenous Names for Aruba. The indigenous name for Aruba is Oruba which means “well-situated island” in the Caiquetio language. Two Kalinago names for Aruba include Ora Oubao, which means “shell island,” and Oirubae, which means “companion of Curaçao.”
- Indigenous Name for The Bahamas. The early inhabitants in The Bahamas were the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno. The indigenous name for some of the main islands in The Bahamas include
6 days ago · Visited in November 1493 by Christopher Columbus, the two main islands—then together known as Karukera (“Island of Beautiful Waters”)—were peopled by Caribs, who had displaced the original Arawak inhabitants. Columbus consecrated the territory to Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura in Spain, from whom it takes its name.
The islands were inhabited by Caribe tribes when Christopher Columbus landed on Guadeloupe for the first time on November 3, 1493. The name, given to the islands by Columbus himself, was a...
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