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Settled by Arawaks between the 6th and 9th century. Discovered by Columbus in 1492, first permanent European (English) settlement established in 1647,
England failed to take
measures to protect the island group, which for a long time was controlled by pirates. In 1782 the islands came uinder Spanish occupation, but soon were returned to British
rule (1783), and from 1783 to independence in 1973 (autonomy in 1964) the Bahamas enjoyed a period of political stability. Historical Atlas, British Empire - the Caribbean Page |
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| Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles | Modern |
from CIA World Factbook;
BBC Country Profiles;
World Desk Reference;
Index Mundi,
Nations Encyclopedia Article : Bahamas, from Wikipedia Les Bahamas, from L'amenagement linguistique dans le monde, in French |
| Historical |
The Bahama Islands, pp.180-212 in Th.E.Lynch, The Wonders of the West Indies, 1856, GB |
| Links | General |
from LANIC;
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL Category : Bahamas, from Wikipedia |
| on History |
Category : History of the Bahamas, from Wikipedia |
| Organizations |
Association of Caribbean Historians Caribbean Contacts, from Caribbean Database of Documentary Heritage British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group The Bahamas Historical Society |
| Historical Dictionaries |
| Timelines |
from timelines.ws; from
BBC News |
| Accounts of History | Modern |
from Wikipedia |
| Historical, of the Caribbean |
Th. Coke, A history of the West Indies,
vol.1, 1808,
vol.2, 1810,
vol.3, 1811, GB Th. Southey, Chronological history of the West Indies, vol.1, 1827, GB (out of 3 vols.) C.E. Meinecke, Versuch einer Geschichte der europaischen Colonien in Westindien, 1831, in German, GB E. Regnault et al., Histoire des Antilles et des colonies françaises, espagnoles, anglaises .., 1849, in French, GB |
| Historical, on the Bahamas |
Bahamas, pp.385-393 in vol.2 : Possessions in the West Indies, of R.M. Martin, History of the British Colonies, 2nd ed. 1838, GB |
| Specific Periods |
W.H. Siebert, The Legacy of the American Revolution to the British West Indies and Bahamas (1913), posted on
Internet Archive |
| Politics | Links |
Category : Politics of the Bahamas, from Wikipedia;
Political Resources on the Web : Bahamas;
Governments on the WWW : Bahamas |
| Foreign Policy |
Wikipedia : Caribbean Community (member since 1983),
Wikipedia : Organization of American States (member since 1982);
United Nations (since 1973) Association of Caribbean States (since 1994) Article : Foreign Relations of the Bahamas |
| Military |
Category : Military of the Bahamas, from Wikipedia Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Bahamas, from ODM Regiments of the British West Indies and Bermuda, by Frank Goodwill |
| Economy & Finances |
Entry Bahamas,
from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor;
Article Economy of the Bahamas, from Wikipedia Catregory : Economy of the Bahamas, from Wikipedia Bahamas, from Ministry of Rum |
| Social History |
Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : The Bahamas J. Stephen, The slavery of the British West India colonies delineated, vol.1, 1824, vol.2, 1830, GB |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Bahamas (3), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Bahamas Les Bahamas, from L'amenagement linguistique dans le monde, in French |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses - Bahamas, from Kirken i Norge Virtual Jewish History Tour : the Bahamas, from Jewish Virtual Library Category : Religion in the Bahamas, from Wikipedia Bahamas, from Roman Catholic Hierarchy |
| History of Regions |
Districts of Bahamas, from www.statoids.com |
| Local History |
List of Cities in the Bahamas, from Wikipedia |
| Institutions |
Bahamas, from Airline History Structurae : The Bahamas Search Lighthouse Explorer for Bahamas |
| Culture |
Bahamas at the Olympics, from Wikipedia |
| Biographies |
List of Bahamians, from Wikipedia Lists of Eastern Caribbean People, scroll down for the Bahamas |
| Others |
Disaster History by Country : the Bahamas, from Relief Web;
History with Tropical Systems : Abaco Island,
Acklins Island,
Andros Island,
Bimini,
Cat Island,
Eleuthera Island,
Grand Bahama Island,
Great Exuma Island,
Great Inagua Island,
Long Island,
Nassau,
San Salvador, from Hurricane City Neotropic Ecoregion, from WWF |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon),
from Rulers (B. Schemmel),
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Article : United States Ambassador to the Bahamas,
from Wikipedia; Heads of Post : Bahamas, from MOFA, Canada List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to the Bahamas, from Wikipedia |
| Lists of Consuls |
The Political Graveyard : Bahamas, has incomplete list of U.S. consuls |
| Lists of Bishops |
| Population Figures |
from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer) |
| Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 |
| Election Results |
from Psephos, since 2002;
from IFES Election Guide, since 2002 IPU Election Archive : House of Assembly, 1977. 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library |
| Modern Newspapers |
Newspapers and News Media : Bahamas, from ABYZ;
from Online Newspapers,
from World Newspapers (links) |
| Newsreels |
British Pathe |
| Image Databanks |
Wikimedia Commons License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World Airline Timetable Images : Air Bahama, Bahamasair, Bahamas Airways, Caribbean International Airways, Flamingo Airlines, Out Island Airways, Trinity Air Bahamas |
| Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK) Search Janus |
| Constitutions, Laws |
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Bahamas, from
ILO, 33 docs. since 1976 Bahamas, pp.366-386 in Charles Clark, A summary of colonial law, the practice of the Court of Appeals from the Plantations and of the Laws and their Administration of All the Colonies, 1834, GB Bahamas, pp.333-362 in vol.1 of J.H. Howard The laws of the British colonies, in the West Indies and other parts of America concerning Real and Personal Property and the Manumission of Slaves with a View of the Constitution of each Colony, 1827, GB |
| Consular Reports |
Report on the Commercial Relations of the United States with All Foreign Nations
Nassau, pp.749-753 in 1857, GB Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents, Part 2, Nassau, Bahamas p.526 in 1859 : Agriculture, 1860, GB |
| Chamber of Commerce Reports |
| Document Collections |
Caribbean GenWeb Project, scroll down for Bahamas Socviety of Genealogists : West Indies, scroll down for Bahamas |
| Historical Maps |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Articles Bahamas, from EB 1911 Article Bahamainseln, Andros, Nassau, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German Entry Eleuthera, Nassau, from Footnotes to History, by James L. Erwin |
| Religious |
Articles The Bahama Islands, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907 edition |
| Economic |
Of the Lucayos, or Bahama Islands, p.569 in W. Beawes, Lex mercatoria rediviva :
or, The merchant's directory, 1773, GB The Bahama Islands, p.367 in vol.1 of P. Kelly, The Universal Cambist, 1811, GB Bahama Islands, in Ch. Vere, The pocket cambist, 1836, GB Bahamas, p.628 in J. Blunt, The shipmaster's assistant, and commercial digest , 1837, GB Bahamas or Lucayas p.83 in vol.1 of I.S. Homans, A cyclopedia of commerce and commercial navigation, 1859, GB |
| Geographical |
The Bahamas, pp.74-77 in The Present State of the West Indies, 1778, GB British West Indies : Lucay's or Bahama Islands, pp.835-836 in J. Morse, The American universal geography, 1805, GB The Bahamas, pp.659-663 in vol.4 of J. Adolphus, The political state of the British Empire, 1818, GB Bahamas p.423 in vol.3 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1827, GB Bahama Islands or Lucatos, pp.63-66 in G. Long, America and the West Indies: geographically described, 1845, GB |
| Historical |
The Bahama or Lucayo Islands, pp.526-530 in J.H. Wynne, A general history of the
British empire in America, 1770, GB The Bahama Islands and Bermudas, pp.358-360 in W.F. Mavor, The history of the discovery and settlement: to the present time, of North and South America and the West Indies, 1804, GB The Bahamas, p.447 in vol.2 of S. Maulder, The history of the world, 1856, GB |
| Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
| Tour Guides, Travelogues |
D. MacKinnen, A tour through the British West Indies, in the years 1802 and 1803, 1804;
pp.112-120, 134- on Bahamas J. Sturge, Th. Harvey, The West Indies in 1837: Being the Journal of a Visit to Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica .. (1838), posted on Internet Archive The Bahamas, pp.126-132 in Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Guide to the Madeiras, Azores, British and foreign West Indies ..., 1844, GB H. MacLachan Bell, Bahamas Isles of June (1934), posted on Internet Archive |
| Residence Memoirs |
| Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
National Archives, from UNESCO Archives Portal Academic and Research Libraries - Caribbean, from UNESCO Libraries Portal Bahamas, from LibDex Museum Directory : Bahamas, from Caribbean Museums |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry National Anthem, posted by kbears |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of the Bahamas, from World Currency Museum;
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Collections of Coins : from World Coin Gallery |
| Stamps |
Rare Bahamas Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;
Bahamas 1859-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Bibliography | General |
RHS Bibliography Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Mauritius (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) |
| on the Caribbean |
Annotated Bibliography for the English Speaking Caribbean (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
Bermuda, The British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) (In order of importance.), from Florida Coastal School of Law National Archives (UK) : Caribbean Histories Revealed : Bibliography NNDB Bibliography : Bahamas Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography Peter J. Roberts, Bibliography of Bahamian Genealogy Bibliography of Caribbean Archaeology, from Florida Museum of Natural History |
| Online Libraries | General |
Gutenberg Library Online,
Internet Archive Persee (French search engine) |
| on the Caribbean |
Digital Library of the Caribbean |
| Online Journals | General |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| On the Caribbean |
| General Accounts |
Jan Rogozinski, A Brief History of the Caribbean (1992) London : Penguin 1994 [G] Mordechai Arbell, The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean, Jerusalem : Gefen 2002 |
| Specific Topics |
| Historical Dictionaries |
| Yearbooks |
Article : The Bahamas, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 p. 662 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1944 pp.93-94, 1945 p.92 [G] Article : West Indies, British, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1946 p.823-824 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1947 pp.107-108, 1948 p.105, 1949 pp.87-88, 1950 p.97, 1951 p.94, 1952 p.91 [G] Article : Bahama Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1953 p.90, 1954 p.89, 1955 p.150, 1956 p.89, 1957 p.148, 1958 p.88, 1959 p.91, 1960 p.91, 1961 p.93, 1962 p.76, 1963 pp.238-239, 243 [G] Article : Colonies and Dependent Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1964 pp.265-268 (on events in 1963) [G] Article : Colonies and Other Dependencies, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1965 p.252, 1966 p.203, 1967 pp.218, 220-222, 1968 p.216 [G] Article : Dependent States : Bahamas, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 pp.273, 276-277, 1970 p.277, 1971 pp.266-267, 1972 pp.238-239, 243, 1973 pp.229-230, 234 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1974 p.114 [G] Article : West Indies - Bahamas, in : Statesman's Year Book 1895 pp.227-234, 1898 pp.227-234, 1901 pp.260-270, 1905 pp.290-300, 1910 pp.264-265, 1919 pp.326-327, 1924 pp.325-327, 1925 pp.329-330, 1926 pp.329-330, 1928 pp.327-328, 1929 pp.332-333, 1932 pp.334-336, 1937 pp.359-360, 1943 pp.277-278 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.131-134 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : Americana Annual 1927 pp.84-85, 1928 p.75, 1930 pp.89-90, 1931 pp.89-90, 1932 pp.89-90, 1933 pp.80-81, 1934 p.77, 1935 p.81, 1936 p.75, 1937 pp.62-63, 1943 p.87, 1944 pp.78-79, 1945 p.82, 1946 p.91, 1947 pp.68-69, 1957 pp.76-77, 1961 pp.72-73, 1962 pp.71-72, 1963 pp.82-83, 1964 pp.85-86 [G] Article : British West Indies, in : Americana Annual 1946 p.129, 1947 pp.104-105 [G] Article : West Indies - Bahamas, in : Americana Annual 1965 pp.744-745 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : The International Year Book 1899 p.95 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1975 p.98, 1976 p.158, 1977 p.161, 1978 p.215, 1979 p.214, 1980 p.210, 1981 p.209, 1982 p.209, 1983 p.205, 1984 p.202, 1985 pp.589, 632, 1986 pp.571, 628, 1988 pp.494, 549, 1989 pp.494, 549, 1990 pp.510, 565, 1993 pp.477, 558, 1994 pp.477, 558, 1995 pp.376, 558 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1975-1976 pp.218-220, 1978-1979 pp.178-181, 1980-1981 pp.176-180, 1983-1984 pp.177-181, 1984-1985 pp.177-181, 1985-1986 pp.176-180, 1987-1988 pp.174-178, 1988-1989 pp.174-178, 1989-1990 pp.175-179, 1990-1991 pp.174-178, 1991-1992 pp.173-177, 1992-1993 pp.172-176, 1993-1994 pp.175-179, 1994-1995 pp.172-175, 1995-1996 pp.162-165, 1996-1997 pp.173-176, 1997-1998 pp.178-181, 1998-1999 pp.203-206, 2000 pp.248-252, 2001 pp.245-249, 2002 pp.253-258, 2003 pp.253-257, 2004 pp.255-259, 2005 pp.248-252 [G] Article : Bahamas, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.110-111, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.110-111, 4th ed. 1984 pp.110-111 [G] Entry : Travel Warning - The Bahamas, pp.415-416, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2000, Supplement [G] Entry : The Bahamas, Cabinet p.9, Background Notes : The Bahamas, pp.262-266, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G] Entry : Bahamas, pp.236-239 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G] Article : The Bahamas, in : Americana Annual 1974 p.116 (on events of 1973) [G] Entry : Bahamas, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.118-124 [G] |
