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Recorded history began on 12 October 1492, when Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Guanahani, which he renamed San Salvador Island, on his first voyage to the New World. The earliest permanent European settlement was in 1648 on Eleuthera .
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The Bahamas ( / bəˈhɑːməz / ⓘ bə-HAH-məz ), officially the...
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The Bahamas (officially called Commonwealth of The Bahamas)...
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The Bahamas ( / bəˈhɑːməz / ⓘ bə-HAH-məz ), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, [12] is a country in North America and the Caribbean. It is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population.
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The Bahamas (officially called Commonwealth of The Bahamas) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. The country's capital, Nassau, is on New Providence Island. The Taino were the first people living there. In 1492, Christopher Columbus found the Americas by landing on another of the islands, San Salvador.
On July 10, 1973, The Bahamas became a free and sovereign country, ending 325 years of peaceful British rule. However, The Bahamas is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and we celebrate July 10th as Bahamian Independence Day.
The Bahamas was one of the few areas in the region in which the Arawak people were not displaced by the more warlike Caribs. When, in 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landing in the New World in The Bahamas, the people who met him were Arawaks who, he wrote, ‘have opened their hearts to us. We have become great friends.’.
Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. History of the Bahamas by topic (5 C) History of the Bahamas by period (5 C, 1 P)
Mar 20, 2024 · References. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "History of the Bahamas," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Bahamas#Early_English_settlement, accessed 27 August 2019. Category: Bahamas. Beginning in the mid-16th century, Spain, France, Britain, and the Netherlands all made attempts to colonize the Bahamas.
