' s ▁discover ies ▁( which ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁remained ▁under ▁Columb us ' s ▁mon opol y ). ▁There ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁other ▁un record ed ▁Spanish ▁inc urs ions ▁into ▁the ▁Bah am as , ▁ship w re cks ▁and ▁sla ving ▁exped itions . ▁Maps ▁published ▁between ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁and ▁ 1 5 0 8 ▁appear ▁to ▁show ▁details ▁of ▁the ▁Bah am as , ▁Cuba ▁and ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁main land ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁officially ▁reported ▁until ▁later . ▁European ▁artifact s ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁on ▁San ▁Salvador , ▁the ▁Ca icos ▁Islands , ▁Long ▁Island , ▁Little ▁Ex uma , ▁A ck l ins ▁Island , ▁Con ception ▁Island ▁and ▁Sam an á ▁C ay . ▁Such ▁finds , ▁however , ▁do ▁not ▁prove ▁that ▁Sp ani ards ▁visited ▁those ▁islands , ▁as ▁trade ▁among ▁Luc ay ans ▁could ▁have ▁distributed ▁the ▁artifact s . ▁ ▁S la very ▁and ▁dep op ulation ▁The ▁Bah am as ▁held ▁little ▁interest ▁to ▁the ▁Spanish ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁Luc ay ans . ▁Columb us ▁seized ▁several ▁Luc ay ans ▁on ▁San ▁Salvador ▁and ▁Santa ▁María ▁de ▁la ▁Con cep ción . ▁Two ▁managed ▁to ▁escape , ▁but ▁Columb us ▁took ▁some ▁back ▁to ▁Spain ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁voyage . ▁V esp ucci ▁took ▁ 2 3 2 ▁Luc ay ans ▁to ▁Spain ▁as ▁slaves ▁in ▁ 1 5 0 0 . ▁Spanish ▁explo itation ▁of ▁the ▁labor ▁of ▁the ▁n atives