Author: James Gavin

North Andros is the largest district (in area) in the Bahamas. It has some of the largest settlements on Andros Island and many churches as well. Hotels, Clubs & Accommodation Andros Yacht Club

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Andros Island is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. The land area of Andros consists of hundreds of small islets and cays connected by mangrove estuaries and tidal swamplands, together with three major islands. Andros Island is surrounded by thousands of square kilometres of fishable…

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Cunard Line was established by Samuel Cunard in 1879 as the Cunard Steamship Company. In the late 1920s, Cunard faced new competition when the Germans, Italians and French built large prestige liners.  In 1934, the British Government offered Cunard loans to finish Queen Mary and to build a second ship,…

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The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo closely related to the greater flamingo and Chilean flamingo. It is also known as the Caribbean flamingo, although it is also present in the Galápagos Islands. The American flamingo is the only one found in the Bahamas and have…

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San Salvador Island is an island and district of The Bahamas. It is widely believed that during Christopher Columbus’s first expedition to the New World, this island was the first land he sighted and visited on 12 October 1492. He named it San Salvador after Christ the Saviour. Columbus’s records…

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Buccaneer Point was developed in the 1950s with the docks constructed c.1965. It offered a hotel, restaurant, bars and stores. Facilities included a marina and diving gear. Postcards 1967 – Dukane Press Inc (#2630 Series)   References Skin Diver 1968-07: Vol 17 Iss 7

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For many years, South Bimini tourists were limited to boaters because there were few accommodations other than private homes. South Bimini later added South Bimini Airport. Juan Ponce de León and his search for the Fountain of Youth included references to Bimini. Arawak and/or Taíno spoke of a land called…

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Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o’ clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It is native to eastern South America, found from Brazil, west to Peru, and south to southern Argentina. The inflorescence consists of large colourful sepal-like bracts which surround three simple waxy…

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Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., was a greeting card and postcard printer and distributor in Boston, Massachusetts, on Newbury Street with a factory at 76a Atherton Street. The firm was in business between 1938 and 1969. Colorpicture began using Plastichrome for picture postcards and pictorial reproductions in April 1949. Images printed using…

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