(Special Order) Nueva Cadiz beads were named by Charles H. Fairbanks who discovered many of the blue beads while excavating an archeological site on the island of Nueva cadiz off the coast of Venezuela. Similar to chevrons, these layered beads were never pressed into the star shaped molds that give chevrons their distinct look. Nueva Cadiz beads were first manufactured in the 16th Century. These small and somewhat fragile beads were traded to the New World by the Spaniards, and distributed throughout North and South America by other traders. Who made them? No one knows for certain, though they are likely Bohemian or Venetian in manufacture. Later, in the mid-late 19th Century, a second generation of Nueva Cadiz beads were manufactured in Italy and traded primarily in Africa. Telling the generations apart is not difficult. The later beads are much larger - 15-25mm in diameter -- as opposed to the earlier beads, about 6mm in diameter. The earlier beads are also much more fragile and are occasionally twisted, something never seen on the second generation of beads.
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