Hello everyone, my name is Daniel and I am from The Bahamas which is the country I love so dearly and one of my main reasons for joining Wikipedia. I am currently a student preparing for college and then most likely University (hopefully the University of the West Indies or the University of Western Ontario). What I hope to achieve on wikipedia is to create and expand as many articles on the Bahamas and the Caribbean at large to bring people to a better understanding of our people and culture.
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Well I intend to creat the Bahamas Portal in three stages. The first stage is copying a featured portal framework (I've decieded to copy Cuba's Portal framework). Secondly making the actual portal. Finally creating the Bahamas portal. This of course this would have the finished product. Here it is, the Soon to be Bahamas Portal, Portal:Bahamas
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I've recently begun creating SVG images and hopefull I will get better at doing very soon. I will document all SVG images that I create right here:
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![]() Map of CARICOM with full members states highlighted in green, associate members in lime green, and observers in pistachio | |
Seat of Secretariat | Georgetown |
Official languages | |
Type | Supranational organisation |
Member states | Full Members 15 Observers 8 |
Leaders | |
Irwin LaRocque | |
• Chairman | Denzil Douglas |
Establishment | |
4 July, 1973 | |
• Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas | 2001 |
Area | |
• Total | 458,480 km2 (177,020 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2010 estimate | 15,948,000 |
• Density | 34.8/km2 (90.1/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $91,296 billion (70) |
• Per capita | $5,725 (109) |
GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $64,771 billion (65) |
• Per capita | $8,116 (67) |
Website caricom.org |
Flag | State |
Joined |
Official Language(s) |
Population |
km² |
GDP (PPP) $Million |
GDP (PPP) per capita |
CPI |
HDI |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 4 July 1974 | English | 86,754 | 442.6 | 1,709 | $19,699 | — | 0.764 |
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Bahamas | 4 July 1983 | English | 353,658 | 10,010 | 10,353 | $29,274 | 7.3 | 0.771 |
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Barbados | Founder | English | 284,589 | 430 | 6,300 | $22,137 | 7.8 | 0.793 |
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Belize | 1 May 1974 | English | 333,200 | 22,806 | 2,679 | $8,020 | — | 0.699 |
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Dominica | 1 May 1974 | English | 72,660 | 751 | 952 | $13,102 | 5.2 | 0.724 |
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Grenada | 1 May 1974 | English | 110,000 | 344 | 849 | $7,718 | — | 0.748 |
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Guyana | Founder | English | 752,940 | 196,849 | 5,433 | $7,215 | 2.5 | 0.633 |
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Haiti | 2 July 2002 | French and Haitian Creole |
9,719,932 | 27,560 | 11,466 | $1,179 | 1.8 | 0.454 |
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Jamaica | Founder | English | 2,847,232 | 10,831 | 23,765 | $8,346 | 3.3 | 0.727 |
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Montserrat | 1 May 1974 | English | 5,879 | 102 | 99 | 3,400 | — | — |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26 July 1974 | English | 51,300 | 261 | 892 | $17,387 | — | 0.735 |
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Saint Lucia | 1 May 1974 | English | 173,765 | 606 | 2,071 | $11,918 | 7.0 | 0.723 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1 May 1974 | English | 120,000 | 389 | 1,237 | $10,308 | 5.8 | 0.717 |
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Suriname | 4 July 1995 | Dutch | 529,000 | 156,000 | 4,725 | $8,931 | 3.0 | 0.680 |
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Trinidad and Tobago | Founder | English | 1,227,505 | 5,128 | 26,016 | $21,194 | 3.2 | 0.760 |
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# | Image | Governor | From | To |
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Governors of Eleuthera (1648–1657): | ||||
1 | ![]() |
William Sayle | 1648 | 1657 |
Proprietary Governors of the Bahama Islands (1670–1706): | ||||
2 | ![]() |
Hugh Wentworth | 1671 | December 1671 |
3 | ![]() |
John Wentworth | December 1671 | 1676 |
4 | ![]() |
Charles Chillingworth | 1676 | 1677 |
5 | ![]() |
Roger Clarke | 1677 | 1682 |
6 | ![]() |
Richard Lilburne | 1684 | 1684 |
British rule temporarily disrupted due to joint Spanish and French raid on Charlestown | ||||
7 | ![]() |
Thomas Bridges | 1687 | 1690 |
8 | ![]() |
Cadwallader Jones | 1690 | 1693 |
9 | ![]() |
Nicholas Trott | 1694 | 1696 |
10 | ![]() |
Nicholas Webb | 1697 | 1699 |
- | ![]() |
Read Elding (acting) |
1699 | 1700 |
11 | ![]() |
Elias Haskett | 1700 | 1701 |
12 | ![]() |
Ellis Lightfoot | 1701 | 1705 |
13 | ![]() |
Edward Birch | 1706 | 1706 |
14 | ![]() |
Thomas Walker | 1706 | 1706 |
Privateer's Republic (1706-1718) | ||||
Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands (1706-1776) | ||||
15 | ![]() |
Woodes Rogers | 26 July 1718 | 1721 |
16 | ![]() |
George Phenney | 1721 | 1728 |
17 | ![]() |
Woodes Rogers | August 1729 | 16 July 1732 |
- | ![]() |
Richard Thompson (acting) |
1732 | 1733 |
18 | ![]() |
Richard Fitzwilliams | November 1733 | 1740 |
19 | ![]() |
John Tinker | 1740 | 1758 |
- | ![]() |
John Gambier (acting) |
1758 | 1760 |
20 | William Shirley | 1760 | 1768 | |
21 | ![]() |
Sir Thomas Shirley, 1st Baronet | 28 November 1768 | 1774 |
22 | ![]() |
Montfort Browne | 1774 | 3 March 1776 |
Commandant of the Bahama Islands (during American occupation, 1776) | ||||
1 | ![]() |
Samuel Nicholas | 3 March 1776 | 17 March 1776 |
Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands(1776-1782) | ||||
- | ![]() |
John Gambier (acting) |
17 March 1776 | 1778 |
22 | ![]() |
Montfort Browne | 1778 | 1779 |
23 | ![]() |
John Robert Maxwell | 1780 | 8 May 1782 |
Governors of Louisiana (during Spanish occupation) | ||||
1 | ![]() |
Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez |
8 May 1782 | 19 April 1783 |
Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands (1783-1969) | ||||
- | ![]() |
Andrew de Vau (acting) | 1783 | 1783 |
23 | ![]() |
John Robert Maxwell | 1783 | 1784 |
24 | ![]() |
James Edward Powell | 1784 | 1786 |
- | ![]() |
John Brown (acting) |
1786 | 1787 |
25 | ![]() |
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore | 1787 | 1796 |
- | ![]() |
Robert Hunt (acting) |
1796 | 14 February 1797 |
26 | ![]() |
John Forbes | 14 February 1797 | June 1797 |
27 | ![]() |
Lieutenant-General William Dowdeswell | 20 November 1797 | 1801 |
28 | ![]() |
John Halkett | 1801 | 1804 |
28 | ![]() |
Charles Cameron | 8 May 1804 | 1820 |
30 | ![]() |
Lewis Grant | 1821 | 1829 |
31 | ![]() |
Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 1st Baronet | 1829 | 1833 |
32 | ![]() |
Blayney Townley Balfour | 1833 | 1835 |
33 | ![]() |
William MacBean George Colebrooke | 1835 | 1837 |
34 | ![]() |
Sir Francis Cockburn | 1837 | 1844 |
35 | ![]() |
George Benvenuto Matthew | 1844 | 1849 |
36 | ![]() |
John Gregory | 1849 | 1854 |
37 | ![]() |
Sir Alexander Bannerman | 1854 | 1857 |
38 | ![]() |
Charles John Bayley | 1857 | 1864 |
39 | ![]() |
Rawson William Rawson | 1864 | 1869 |
40 | ![]() |
Sir James Walker | 1869 | 1871 |
41 | ![]() |
George Cumine Strahan KCMG |
1871 | 1873 |
42 | ![]() |
Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG |
1873 | 1874 |
43 | ![]() |
Sir William Robinson | 1874 | 1880 |
44 | ![]() |
Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan | 1880 | 1881 |
45 | ![]() |
Sir Charles Cameron Lees KCMG |
1882 | January 1884 |
46 | ![]() |
Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG, DL |
4 January 1884 | 1887 |
47 | ![]() |
Sir Ambrose Shea KCMG |
1887 | 1895 |
48 | ![]() |
Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith | 1895 | 1898 |
49 | ![]() |
Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter | 1898 | 1904 |
50 | ![]() |
Sir William Grey-Wilson | 29 November 1904 | 1912 |
51 | ![]() |
Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith | 29 October 1912 | 1914 |
52 | ![]() |
Sir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG |
15 June 1914 | 1920 |
53 | ![]() |
Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux KCMG, CB |
8 December 1920 | 1926 |
54 | ![]() |
Sir Charles William James Orr | 15 March 1927 | January 1932 |
55 | ![]() |
Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford | 10 January 1932 | 1934 |
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Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas (acting) |
1934 | 1940 |
56 | ![]() |
HRH The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor | 18 August 1940 | 1945 |
57 | ![]() |
Sir William Lindsay Murphy | 28 July 1945 | 1950 |
58 | ![]() |
Sir George Ritchie Sandford | 5 January 1950 | December 1950 |
59 | ![]() |
Sir Robert Arthur Ross Neville | 7 December 1950 | 1953 |
60 | ![]() |
Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly | 21 December 1953 | 1956 |
61 | ![]() |
Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur | 1 April 1957 | 1960 |
62 | ![]() |
Sir Robert Stapeldon | 18 July 1960 | 1964 |
63 | ![]() |
Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton GCMG, GCVO, OBE, GCSt.J. P.C |
3 June 1964 | 1968 |
64 | ![]() |
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce KCMG |
1 November 1968 | 1969 |
Governors of the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands (1969–1973) | ||||
65 | ![]() |
Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce KCMG |
1969 | 1972 |
66 | ![]() |
Sir John Warburton Paul GCMG, OBE, MC |
14 May 1972 | 10 July 1973 |
On the 10 July 1973 the Bahamas gained full independance from the United Kingdom and the post of Governor was essentially replaced by a Governor-General |
On 1 November 1670, the Bahamas were granted to the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina:
The islands were largely left to themselves, but the Lords Proprietors appointed Proprietary Governors to administer them:
In 1684, a joint French and Spanish fleet destroyed Charles Town (modern Nassau).
Starting around 1706 and lasting until 26 July 1718, the Bahamas were ruled by the anarchic Privateer's Republic, including:
In 1717 the Bahamas became a British crown colony. The pirates were driven out in 1718 by Woodes Rogers, the colony's first governor.
In 1969, the crown colony became the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands.
•Comment: Francais :Bonjour, je suis désolé, je ne parle pas très bon francais, mais je voudrais connaître si j'et deux amis peuvent louer votre Flat-Studio année prochaine mai. J'ai 18 ans, et mes amis ont 18 ans et 20 ans, mais nous avons assez d'argent louer votre Flat-Studio. S'il vous plaît répondez. English: Hello I'm sorry that I don't speak alot of French, but I would like to know if I and two friends can rent your Flat-Studio next year May (2013). I am 18 years old and my friends are 18 years and 20 years old respectively. I want you to know that we are old enough to pay and have enough money for the rent, please repond.