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The History Of The Bahamas

07.15.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

Christopher Columbus’s first landfall in the New World was on an island he named San Salvador (known to the Lucayans as Guanahahani) which may be Samana Cay or present-day San Salvador Island (also known as Watling’s Island), in the central part of the Bahamas archipelago. In 1973, the Bahamas became fully independent, but retained membership ...