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Commonwealth of The Bahamas

(Bahamas)

Search out the backwater quays or sun bake with the terrifically tanned.

The Bahamas has successfully promoted itself as a destination for US jetsetters, and a lot of it is Americanised. Yet there are still opportunities among its 700 islands and 2500 cays to disappear into a mangrove forest, explore a coral reef and escape the high-rise hotels and package-tour madness.

The 18th-century Privateers' Republic has become a modern banker's paradise, at least on New Providence and Grand Bahama. On the other islands - once known as the Out Islands but now euphemistically called the Family Islands - the atmosphere is more truly West Indian.

Books

	The Story of the Bahamas (Paul Albury)

	Dip into Albury's book for a general overview of the Bahamas' history. It traces events up to independence.

	A History of the Bahamas (Michael Craton)

	Focuses on the islands' political development.

	The Lucayans (Sandra Riley)

	Relates the sad tale of the extermination of the indigenous population by ruthless Spanish conquistadores.

	Bahamian Loyalists and Their Slaves (Gail Saunders)

	Recounts the islands' slave era.

	Buccaneers of America (John Esquemeling)

	A famous 17th-century eyewitness account of the sordid carryings-on of the infamous peg-leg and parrot set.

	The Bahamas Rediscovered (Dragan & Nicholas Popov)

	Weigh down your coffee table with this book, which covers the islands' history and contemporary scene.

	Out Island Doctor (Evans Cottman)

	An excellent profile of the life of a US teacher who becomes a doctor in the Crooked Island District in the 1940s.