New Providence
Also known as
- New Providence,
- New Providence District
New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas. While the first Europe visitors to the Bahama Islands were Bermudian salt rakers gathering sea salt in Grand Turk and Inagua after 1670, the first lasting occupation was on Eleuthera and then New Providence shortly thereafter. The attraction of New Providence was one of the best sheltered natural small vessel harbors in the West Indies.
Because of the harbor, and near adjacency to the Florida Strait, New Providence became a nest of...
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