Between 20 degrees and 28 degrees latitude and 70-80W longitude are the archipelago of small islands that contain the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
The islands are located off the southeast coast of Florida and bounded on the south by Cuba present amazing opportunities for divers, fishermen and snorkelers. They includes Bimini Islands at the western edge, Great Exuma, Long Island Group and Crooked Island in the middle, and Great Inagua to the southeast.
In the warm, shallow waters around all these islands, tropical fish, coral reefs and shipwrecks abound. The Bahamas, after all, were infamous for pirating during the slave trade in the 19th century and were a haven for the pirate, Blackbeard.
In 1718, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas became a British Crown colony but in 1973 took its independence, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch.
With tourism the main economic activity, hundreds of thousands visit the islands each year, many on cruise ships. If
| Geography | Bahamas |
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| Map Type | Political Maps |
| Publisher | Frankos Maps |