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  2. Fort Fincastle (The Bahamas) - Wikipedia

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    Fort Fincastle is a fort located in the city of Nassau on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. It was built to provide protection to Nassau. [1] The fort, which is shaped like a paddle steamer, was built in 1793 by Lord Dunmore to protect Nassau from pirates. He named it Fort Fincastle, after his second title, Viscount Fincastle.

  3. Junkanoo - Wikipedia

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    Junkanoo is a festival that was originated during the period of African chattel slavery in British American colonies.It is practiced most notably in The Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize, and historically in North Carolina and Miami, where there are significant settlements of West Indian people during the post-emancipation era.

  4. Nassau, The Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    Nassau had a population of 128,420 females and 117,909 males and was home to 70,222 households with an average family size of 3.5 according to the 2010 census. [19] Nassau's large population in relation to the remainder of the Bahamas is the result of waves of immigration from the Family Islands to the capital. Consequently, this has led to the ...

  5. Paradise Island - Wikipedia

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    Both islands are within capital city Nassau's harbour. Paradise Island is an island in the Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island . The island, with an area of 277 hectares (685 acres) [ 1 ] (2.8 km 2 /1.1 sq mi), is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau , which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence .

  6. Queen's Staircase (Nassau) - Wikipedia

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    The Queen's Staircase is a walkway of 66 steps in Nassau, the capital city of The Bahamas. It was carved out of solid limestone rock by 600 slaves between 1793 and 1794 to create an escape route from the fort above [ 1 ] and is a major landmark of Nassau.

  7. Amos Ferguson - Wikipedia

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    Amos Ferguson was born on February 28, 1920, in Exuma, Bahamas. [2] His father was a preacher, carpenter, and farmer. [2] [3] He was one of fourteen children. [2] Ferguson worked as an upholsterer, furniture finisher, artist and house painter. He wasn't trained as an artist, and was known as an outsider artist. Ferguson often said "I paint by ...

  8. List of Bahamian artists - Wikipedia

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    Kendal Hanna (born 1936), painter and sculptor, the Bahamas’ first abstract expressionist; Brent Malone (1941–2004), painter and gallery owner; Lavar Munroe (born 1982), painter, mixed media drawer, and installation artist; Christophe Roberts (born 1980), multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, graphic design, painting, and creative ...

  9. Atlantis Paradise Island - Wikipedia

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    Atlantis Paradise Island is an ocean-themed casino resort located on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The resort spans 154-acre (62 ha) and includes a waterpark, marine habitat, and other recreational facilities. It is built around the Aquaventure waterscape and features multiple hotel towers, including The Royal, Coral, Beach, Cove, and Reef ...

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