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Bahamas Islands 1978 Proof 15 cents Y36 KM62 only 6900 minted
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Bahamas Islands 1978 Proof 15 cents Y36 KM62 6900 mintedI will ship overseas only with Global Shipping Program
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas consists of over 700 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean that were originally uninhabited until the 11
th
century when the Taino people migrated in from South America and became known as the Lucayen.
They numbered around 30,000 by the time Columbus landed in 1492.
The Spanish brought forced labor and disease to the natives and over ½ died from Smallpox.
In 1684, Alcon raided Nassau, the capital, and it was briefly occupied by the French and Spanish in 1703 during the War of Spanish Succession.
It soon degraded into a base for pirates including the famous Blackbeard.
It became a Royal Colony of Britain in 1718 and the British slowly but surely forced the pirates out.
In the early 19
th
century thousands of American slaves escaped to the islands.
In 1940, Edward VIII became the Governor of the Bahamas after he abdicated the British throne.
The 1960’s movies Help and Thunderball were filmed there.
Important events in the year 1978: 1
st
Test Tube Baby; John Paul 1 becomes 263
rd
Pope for only 33 days before dying, John Paul II becomes 264
th
Pope; Viet Nam attacks Cambodia; Births: Ruben Studdard, Usher; Deaths: Hubert Humphrey, Terry Kath, Pope Paul VI. John Paul I, Keith Moon