(See also: Gius Island colony) Originally inhabited by scattered bands of natives, related to the Mixtuptecan peoples of mainland San Patricio, the island of Joos and surrounding islets were used between 300BP and 150BP by Longerathian privateers. The first recorded expedition from the Old World, as part of the colonization of the New Continents, was led by Samuelonian captain Edward de Rivers, who landed on the island in 298BP. De Rivers returned in 291BP and established the short-lived colony of Stormshaven, near present-day Mizerti. Stormshaven lasted for a mere twenty years, before succumbing to native attacks and local diseases, while the few hundred surviving colonists were evacuated to Longerath.