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shopping, 33, 52-53; Andros, 195; Barraterre, 245; Cockburn Town, 298; Freeport, 52, 103, 105; George Town, 242; Grand Bahama, bay area camping 6, 103, 109-111, 121; Great Abaco, 159; Guana Harbour, 157; Harbour Island, 235; hours, 29; Man-O-War Cay, 153; Marsh Harbour, 151; Nassau, 63-65, 95, 101; New Providence, 63-65; Port Lucaya, 103, 120

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IN THIS CHAPTER Geography 3 History 9 Getting There 12 Before You Go 16 The People 17 Eating & Drinking 18 Accommodation bay area camping 20 Restaurant/Hotel Prices bay area camping 22 Practical Information 23 How to Use This Book 30 Tourist Information 31 Because the islands are no more than the exposed top portions of the Great Bahama Bank, an extension of the North American continental shelf, there are only three deep-water channels suitable for the passage bay area camping of large vessels. Of the 700 islands and 2,000 islets, called bay area camping cays (keys), making up the archipelago, only about 30 are inhabited. Some are little bay area camping more than boulders that appear and disappear with the rise and fall of the ocean. Some are long and thin and stretch for many miles. bay area camping Still others are home to thousands of busy people. The vast majority of the islands, however, are deserted, with pristine beaches and tropical bay area camping forests that are untouched by humans.

Things continued in much the same vein for more than 40 years until 1951, when women and people who didn t own property were given the right to vote. Eight years later, the black majority took the Bahamas into independence as a commonwealth nation, despite fierce opposition from the British government and white property owners.