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“...Chapter IV
THE BAHAMAS
Expulsis piratis commercia restituta.
The Colony’s Motto.
The Bahamas consist of a chain of coral islands with a
total area of 4,403! square miles. Lying between
latitude 210 42' and 270 34' N. and longitude 720 40'
and 790 5' W., they extend from off the coast of Florida
to the north of Haiti, and include twenty-nine inhabited
islands and over 3,000 islets and rocks. The principal
islands are: New Providence (in which is Nassau, the
capital), Abaco, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Inagua,
Long Cay, the Biminis, Cat Island, Ragged Island, Rum
Cay, Exuma, Long Island, and San Salvador, or Wat-
ling’s Island, all of which are Ports of Entry; and
Grand Bahama, Crooked Island, Acklin Island, Maya-
guana, the Berry Islands, and Andros. Their popu-
lation is 58,101.
The large islands are for the most part situated on the
eastern edge of the plateau on which the archipelago
rests, and rise precipitously from great depths of ocean
averaging between 2,000...”
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“...BRITISH HONDURAS
395
and brick and standing on a stone-faced platform, are
preserved as historic monuments. They have been
identified as relics of the ancient Maya civilisation and
are now the subject of investigation by experts of the
British Museum. In the Cayo district, near Benque
Viejo, there are some interesting ruins. Here there
is a three-storied temple, the ground floor of which is
still in a good state of preservation. Near it is a fine
sculptured stele. An account of these ancient remains
is given in the British Colonial Report, Miscellaneous
[Cd 6428], published in 1921....”
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“...INDEX
486
Marigot, 305, 335
Markham, Sir Clements, 246
Marlborough, Earl of, 73
Marley Castle, 287
Marmelade, Duke of, 364
Maroon Negroes, 169, 254,
280, 287-9
" Maroon parties,” 38
Maroon Town, 287—9
Maroon War, 287
Marowijne, R., 412
Marquis, Grenada, 165
Marr, Sir Henry, 67
Marriaqua, 196
Marshall, Captain, coloniser of
Surinam, 413
Marshall Falls, 382, 383
Martha Brae River, 253 ■
Marti, José, 339. 347
Martinique, 306-13
Accommodation in, 307
Area, situation and popu-
lation, 306
Books on, 17
Captured by English, 307
Climate, 306
Communications, 307
Constitution, 307
History, 306
Industries, 306
Mason Hall, 148
Massecuite, 437
Matanzas, 339, 341, 352
Matelot, 142
Matthew, Governor, 208
Matura Bay, 136
Maurice, Lieut. J. W.,' defen-
der of Diamond Rock,
180, 313
Mavis Bank, 274
May, Rev. William, 264
Mayaguana, 59
Mayagüez, 325, 327, 328, 329,
33*
Mayaro Bay, 136, 142, 443
Maya ruins in British Hon-
' duras, 395
May Day Mountains...”
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