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HISTORY. The Bahamas were discovered by Colombus in 1492 but the Spanish did not make a permanent settlement. British settlers arrived in the 17th century and it was occupied by Britain, except for a short period in the 18th century, until it gained independence.
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Bahamas Handbook and Businessman’s Annual, 1973
Albury, P., The Story of the Bahamas. London, 1975
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Hunte, G., The Bahamas. London, 1975
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Paxton, J. (1980). The Commonwealth of the Bahamas. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271098_11
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