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Index

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

Abaco Islands, 9, 17, 31, 47–48 Acklins Island, 44 Africa, 16, 35, 40 American Civil War, 22–24 American Revolution, 20, 35

goombay music, 40-41 Grand Bahama Island, 9, 43, 46 Great Britain, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26 Gulf Stream, 9, 10, 48

Andros Island, 9, 31 Atlantic Ocean, 9, 16

Haiti, 17, 36 Harbour Island, 9 Heath, Robert, 17 Hemingway, Ernest, 44 Hispaniola, 17 hurricanes, 10-11, 26-27

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

Ingraham, Hubert A., 26, 27, 32-33, 40

Jamaica, 29

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

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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