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Abaco Islands, 9, 17, 31, 47–48
Acklins Island, 44
Africa, 16, 35, 40
American Civil War, 22–24
American Revolution, 20, 35
Andros Island, 9, 31
Atlantic Ocean, 9, 16
Bahamas
economy of, 29-33
geography and climate of,
9-13
history of, 15-27
and hurricane season,
10-11, 26-27
media on, 39-40
people and culture of,
35-41
and tourism, 25, 29, 30-31
See also entries for individual
islands
Bahamas Hotel Training College,
39
Bahamas Technical and
Vocational Institute, 38-39
Bahamas Television, 39
Baptist Church, 37
Bimini Islands, 9, 44
Broadcasting Company of the
Bahamas (BCB), 39
Canada, 25
Carib Islands, 15
Caribbean Sea, 9, 38
Castro, Fidel, 25
Cat Island, 9, 10, 44-45
Centre for Hotel and Tourism
Management, 38
Charles I, king of England, 17
Charles II, king of England, 18
Christie, Perry, 27
Church of England (Anglican
Church) 17, 37
College of the Bahamas, 38
Colombia, 27, 29
Columbus, Christopher, 16
Confederate States of America, 22
Crooked Island, 9, 44
Cuba, 25
Eleuthera (Cigatoo) Island, 9, 16
England, 17, 18, 19
English Civil War, 18
Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park,
45
Exuma Islands, 9, 45
Fort Fincastle, 48
Florida, 9, 44
France, 19
Free National Movement (FNM),
26
Freeport, 36, 38, 43-44
goombay
music, 40-41
Grand Bahama Island, 9, 43, 46
Great Britain, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26
Gulf Stream, 9, 10, 48
Haiti, 17, 36
Harbour Island, 9
Heath, Robert, 17
Hemingway, Ernest, 44
Hispaniola, 17
hurricanes, 10-11, 26-27
Ingraham, Hubert A., 26, 27,
32-33, 40
Jamaica, 29
Long Cay, 44
Long Island, 9, 46-47
Lucayan (Arawak) Indians,
15-16, 17
Lucayan National Park, 46
Mayaguana Island, 9, 25
Methodist Church, 37
Nassau (Charles Town), 18, 19,
20, 22, 23-24, 36, 38, 39, 43,
48
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