For over 150 years, the Bahamas had no permanent European settlers. But they had visitors. The islands, with their hidden creeks, shallow waters, and proximity to the Florida Straits (the treasure-laden route for Spanish galleons), became a pirate paradise. Eleuthera, Harbour Island, and especially New Providence—with its deep, safe harbor—became bases for the "Brethren of the Coast." Pirates like Blackbeard (Edward Teach), Calico Jack Rackham, and the female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read used Nassau as their republic. They elected their own governor, swore their own codes, and spent their plunder freely. For a time, the Bahamas was the closest thing to a libertarian pirate state the world has ever seen.
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The Bahamas is unique. It is not located in the Caribbean Sea, but rather in the Lucayan Archipelago in the western Atlantic Ocean. The islands are actually the tops of underwater mountains, creating a landscape defined by shallow, glowing banks and sudden deep-water drop-offs. For over 150 years, the Bahamas had no
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2.1. Study area and characteristics. The Bahamas is composed of 30 inhabited islands and over 600 uninhabited cays within the 600, ScienceDirect.com