Bahama Saga (ePub)
archipelago of the Americas. The story takes its title from a few
invented characters and the romantic and beautiful country of seven...
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archipelago of the
invented characters and the romantic and beautiful country of seven hundred
sub-tropical islands.
The confetti of Bahamian islands has, at different times, been a locus
for the three races of the planet. After the original Amerindian inhabitants
perished, the Bahamas
until people from Bermuda
re-settled the islands commencing in 1648.
Not long afterwards many more Africans were brought to the
Their descendants today hold the destiny of the islands in their hands.
The geographical location of the
important part in the history of the modern world.
of the Americas
it was here that an explorer from Europe made
a historic landfall at what, for him at least, was a '
that Christopher Columbus in 1492 sailed
the ocean blue. The islands on the western side are a mere 50 miles from
the United
States. Throughout time, events on the North American continent have had a
major affect upon the history of the
this well-written and intriguing story relates.
Peter Barratt
has had a love affair with The Bahamas and its multi-faceted history since he
first visited the islands in 1960. A
British-trained architect with a degree in urban and regional planning from
Harvard, Barratt’s extensive knowledge of the Bahama Islands grew as the town planner
formerly in charge of the development of the new city
of Freeport ... the early days of
which he has written about in his book, Grand Bahama. An avid amateur archaeologist and founder of
the Lucayan
National Park, he has written many
articles and papers about the Bahamas.
A tennis player and licensed pilot, Barratt also
sails and dives the amazing waters of the Bahamas
as he continues to explore the waves of tide and time that have brought
together so many different people from around the world to its tropical shores.
- Autor: Peter Barratt
- 2004, 360 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: AUTHORHOUSE
- ISBN-10: 1410798305
- ISBN-13: 9781410798305
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.05.2004
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- Größe: 16 MB
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