SearchTags: bahamas historyThe Bahamas: The Essential Guide29th June 2006 Geography
The islands of the Bahamas lie in the southwest Atlantic Ocean near Florida in the USA and stretching down to Cuba. They are known as the 700 islands although there are more than 4,000 islands, islets and cays. There are about fifteen main isla… more » Categories: About The Bahamas Anniversary of Cuban Attack on Bahamian Ship10th May 2006 Today marks the 26th Anniversary of the Cuban fighter plane attack on a Bahamian Defense Force vessel, the HMBS Flamingo. As analyzed by Dion E. Phillips of the University of the Virgin Islands, in a 2002 paper titled, Another Look at the Royal Bahamas D… more » Categories: About The Bahamas History of the Bahamas20th January 2006 In 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Western Hemisphere in The Bahamas. He encountered friendly Arawak Indians and exchanged gifts with them.
Spanish slave traders later captured native Lucayan Indians to work in gold mines in H… more » Categories: About The Bahamas |
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