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The Turks and Caicos Islands were a centre of the Lucayan people. There is some evidence that TCI was Christopher Columbus' first landfall in 1492. By 1520, the indigenous Lucayan population had been eradicated, by slavery and disease, and the islands were left uninhabited. |
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Relief face image from Lucayan Pottery from the Caicos Islands.
© Turks and Caicos National Museum
(Features of Other Interest, including Cultural, 1 of 8 - Slide ref. 360) |
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