Discover the beautiful world of the Bahamas islands


The Bahamas - A slice of commonwealth Britain in paradise

The commonwealth of the Bahamas is in'Privateer's Republic' and ransacking
the West Indies. The country is made upCharlestown, which would later become
of an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.Nassau. The islands had been through the
This means that it is comprised of ahands of the Spanish and they had all
series of islands, which connect to thebut destroyed the native population of
mainland, thus the pluralized name. TheArawak Indians. The British stopped a
Bahamas was a British colony from 1718lot of the trouble when they made the
and later became an independent countryislands a British Crown Colony. The
in 1973, while remaining a part of theislands are mostly Christian, with a
Commonwealth of Nations. They retainheavy leaning towards the Protestant
Queen Elizabeth II as their monarch andchurch, other denominations being
still sing God Save the Queen as apresent but in minority. A very small
national anthem. The main language isminority practise Obeah and Voodoo, both
English though some speak variants ofsimilar to each other, as spiritualistic
English, Spanish and Portuguese. Thefolk beliefs. The Prime Minister of the
capital city is Nassau, which is locatedBahamas is Perry Gladstone Christie,
on the island New Providence, thoughborn 1944, and third Prime Minister of
Andros Island is the largest in thethe nation. Christie has earned awards
group. The city was a haven for thefor his efforts in urban renewal and
pirates that sailed the Caribbean,community policing, though has also been
including the famous Blackbeard, and wasin scandal surrounding his political
fought over by several nations, notablytactics. The Bahamas' main industry is
Spain and England. The whole region wastourism, with the island being a massive
notorious in legend for pirate activity,tourist spot for most western countries.
and is used as a set for many books andThe tropical location and mysterious
films on the subject. The pirates evenhistory make for an ideal spot and a
disrupted the area's government at onepopular place for couples, families and
point by declaring an anarchicpartiers.



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