New Providence, the most populated island of the Bahamas

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Pirates of Nassau Museum © JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD/cc-by-sa-3.0

Pirates of Nassau Museum © JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD/cc-by-sa-3.0

New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It also houses the national capital city, Nassau. The island was originally under Spanish control following Christopher Columbus‘s discovery of the New World, but the Spanish government showed little interest in developing the island (and the Bahamas as a whole). Nassau, the island’s largest city, was formerly known as Charles-town but was burned to the ground by the Spanish in 1684. It was laid out and renamed Nassau in 1695 by Nicholas Trott, the most successful Lord Proprietor, in honor of the Prince of Orange-Nassau who became William III of England.   read more…

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