Andros

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Andros
General information
Continent	North America
Location	Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean
Points of interest	Kemps Bay
Notable inhabitants	Giles
Societal
Population	Pirates Merchants Smugglers
Affiliation	Spain (formerly) Brethren Court Great Britain
Behind the scenes
First appearance	The Price of Freedom
Latest appearance	The Price of Freedom

"Two weeks ago I had some business in Kemps Bay, on Andros."

―Esmeralda to Jack Sparrow

Andros was an island in the Bahamas. Though claimed by Great Britain, the island was mainly inhabited by smugglers and pirates.

History

"I headed northwest from Andros, to follow the channel, then left it and swung east past Grand Bahama, past Little Abaco, then east past the northern tip of Great Abaco."

―Esmeralda to Jack Sparrow

Spain laid claim to the Bahamas including Andros Island after Columbus’ discovery of the islands—his first landfall in the Western Hemisphere was on the Bahamian island of San Salvador. The Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, for whom the Americas were named, on a Spanish charter spent four months exploring the Bahamas in 1499–1500, and mapped a portion of the eastern shore of Andros Island. Juan Ponce de León sailed by Andros on his journey from Cuba to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth in 1513.

During the late 1600s and early 1700s various pirates and buccaneers frequented Andros Island. In 1713 the Bahama Islands were declared a Pirate's Republic. Pirates raiding the Spanish treasure galleons out of Cuba maintained a settlement on South Andros.

Behind the scenes

• Andros briefly appears in Tim Powers' novel, On Stranger Tides, which was used as the basis for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Also known as Isle de Loas Bossals, Andros is the place where Benjamin Hurwood summons the ghost of his dead wife.

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom (First mentioned)

External links

• Andros, Bahamas on Wikipedia

Locations in Pirates of the Caribbean
Africa Barbary Coast – Calabar – Egypt – Kerma – Slave Coast – Tripoli The Americas Boston – Florida – Louisiana – Mexico – New Orleans – North Carolina Panama – Peru – Savannah – Virginia – Yucatán Peninsula Asia Bombay – China – Hong Kong – India – Nippon – Shanghai – Singapore The Bahamas Andros – Nassau – New Avalon – New Providence The Caribbean Antigua – Black rock island – Cuba – Devil's Triangle – Dominica – Guadeloupe – Hangman's Bay – Hispaniola Ile d'Etable de Porc – Isla De La Avaricia – Isla Cruces – Isla de Muerta – Isla de Pelegostos Martinique – Padres Del Fuego – Port Royal – Poseidon's Tomb Puerto Rico – Saint Martin – San Silvestre –Shipwreck Island – St. Lucia – Tortuga – Unnamed Island Europe Barcelona – Cádiz – France – Gibraltar – Great Britain – Holland London – Marseille – Paris – Portugal – Scotland – Seville – Spain – Other locations Davy Jones' Locker – Farthest Gate – Ice Passage – Isla Sirena
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