Fort Charlotte

Fort Charlotte was constructed in 1789 to add to Nassau's defense against possible Spanish attack from Cuba and, not inconsequentially, possible American attack. (Loyalists and escaped slaves had come to the Bahamas during the Revolutionary War.) It remained Nassau's principal fortification until it was decommissioned in 1891. The fort was built under Lord Dunmore, who had been the last British Colonial Governor of Virginia. Nassau020

Nassau

July 20th 1965
Oriana arrived at Nassau in the Bahamas early in the morning. Despite the hour, several other cruise ships were in the vicinity. I was up on deck to see the pilot boat arrive. In the distance was the flat silhouette of New Providence Island with the distinctive profile of Hog Island Light marking the entrance to Nassau Harbour. (It's now known as Paradise Island Light and remains a landmark ... read more

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Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in ... ... read more

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