A free Grenada history and heritage guide
The Story of Grenada
History, heritage and folklore of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
Get the free guideSt George's harbour, 1849, Captain Henry A. Turner. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
A free Grenada history and heritage guide
History, heritage and folklore of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
Get the free guideSt George's harbour, 1849, Captain Henry A. Turner. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Before you read
Grenada is a small island with a long memory. This guide tells its story in order, from the first people who crossed the water to the island you are standing on today.
It is written to be read slowly, on a veranda or a flight. Where historians agree, the guide simply says so. Where they do not, it tells you, because you deserve to know the difference between what is documented and what is told.
Joy van Niekerk · Founder, Grenada Concierge
What is inside
Before 1498
The Kalinago and those before them, and the carved faces of the Mount Rich petroglyphs.
1498 to 1834
Sauteurs, the forts of St George's, slavery and Fédon's uprising.
1834 to today
Nutmeg and the Spice Isle, independence in 1974, the revolution, and the storms since.
People and tales
Famous Grenadians, Carriacou's boatbuilders, and the folklore told, not documented.
Inside the guide
Every picture in the guide is credited inside, with its source and licence.
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The Spice Isle Field Guide: fifty-seven illustrated plates of the birds, animals, reef life, spices, fruit and flowers of Grenada.
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