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  2. Raid of Nassau - Wikipedia

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    Raid of Nassau. The Raid of Nassau [a] (March 3–4, 1776) was a naval operation and amphibious assault by American forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas, during the American Revolutionary War. The raid, designed to resolve the issue of gunpowder shortages, resulted in the seizure of two forts and large quantities of military ...

  3. Republic of Pirates - Wikipedia

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    Republic of Pirates. The Republic of Pirates was the base and stronghold of a loose confederacy run by privateers -turned- pirates in Nassau on New Providence island in the Bahamas during the Golden Age of Piracy [1] for about twelve years from 1706 until 1718. While it was not a republic in a formal sense, it was governed by an informal pirate ...

  4. Nassau, Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    Nassau ( / ˈnæsɔː / NASS-aw) is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas. It is located on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of The Bahamas. [2] As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for ...

  5. History of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    The earliest arrival of people in the islands now known as The Bahamas was in the first millennium AD. The first inhabitants of the islands were the Lucayans, an Arawakan language -speaking Taino people, who arrived between about 500 and 800 AD from other islands of the Caribbean . Recorded history began on 12 October 1492, when Christopher ...

  6. Fort Montagu - Wikipedia

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    Fort Montagu is a small fort of four cannon on the eastern shore of New Providence Island (Nassau) Bahamas. Peter Henry Bruce oversaw the construction of the fort that began in 1741 to defend the British possession from Spanish invaders.

  7. List of islands of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    Acklins Island. Adderley Cay. Alcorine Cay. Alder Cay. Allan Cays. Allans Cay. Ambergris Cay (s) Andrew island. Andros Island - largest island of the Bahamas.

  8. Lynden Pindling International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Lynden Pindling International Airport. /  25.03889°N 77.46611°W  / 25.03889; -77.46611. Lynden Pindling International Airport ( IATA: NAS, ICAO: MYNN ), formerly known as Nassau International Airport, is the largest airport in the Bahamas and the largest international gateway into the country. It is a hub for Bahamasair, Western Air ...

  9. Geography of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    The Bahamas are a group of about 700 islands and cays in the western Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. The largest of the islands is Andros Island, located north of Cuba and 200 kilometres (120 miles) southeast of Florida. The Bimini islands are to its northwest.

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