History of the Bahamas, Outline Final

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This outline is about the history of the Bahamas. This is important because it tells one how it became the society it is today. Also it is interesting to note since Columbus Day is a ÒholidayÓ, that the island of San Salvador is thought to be his first landfall. (I decided to focus my research paper more on the history because the last outline sounded like I was making assumptions in which I did not intend to do. Also I am sorry this is extremely late.)

I. Introduction: a brief description of the Bahama Islands

II. Initial settlement/colonization
A. Lucayans/Tainos
1. Description/Definition
2. Culture
B. Archaeological Evidence; Explanation of pottery series to show migration waves of
settlement from Cuba, Haiti and other islands.

III. Landfall of Columbus and Spanish influence
A. Evidence
B. Criticisms

IV. Influences of Europeans
A. Mention of Spanish and Dutch
B. English
1. Watlings
2. Sayle and Eleuthera Adventurers
C. Effects of the newly established US

V. Bahamas Today
A. Economy
B. Cultural Aspects
C. Worldly Notable Figures


Sources:

Bahamatravelnet. Changes in LÕattitude, Inc. 1998-2005. www.bahamatravelnet.com/culture/history.html

Berman, Mary Jane & Gnivecki, Perry L. "The Colonization of the Bahama Archipelago: A Reappraisal." World Archaeology, Vol.26, No.3, (Feb.,1995),pp.421-441

de Booy, Theodoor. "On the Possibility of Determining the First Landfall of Columbus by Archaeological Research." The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol.2, No.1(Feb.,1919), pp.55-61

Frommers. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2005-2006. www.frommers.com/destinations/sansalvadorandrumcay/0298010012.html

Gould, R.T. "The Landfall of Columbus: An Old Problem Re-Stated." The Geographical Journal, Vol.69, No.5 (May, 1927),pp.403-425

Granberry, Julian. "The Cultural Position of the Bahamas in Caribbean Archaeology." American Antiquity, Vol.22, No.2 (Oct.,1956), pp.128-134

History of the Bahamas, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Salvador_Island

Keegan, William F, Carlson, Lisabeth, & Torrence, Corbett. "Caribbean Archaeology At the Florida Museum of Natural History the Native People of the Turks and Caicos." www.flmnh.ufl.edu/caribarch/nativesofTCI.htm

Keegan, William F. "The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas." University Press of Florida, Gainsville, 1992. xvii. pp.171-172

Miller, W. Hubert. "The Colonization of the Bahamas, 1647-1670." The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol.2, No.1 (Jan.,1945),pp.33-46

San Salvador Island, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated June 5th,2005. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas#History

Sears, William H. and Sullivan, Shaun O. "Bahamas Prehistory" American Antiquity, Vol. 43, No.1 (Jan.,1978), pp.3-25

Stewart, Glen. "San Salvador Island to Cuba: A Cruise in the Track of Columbus" Geographical Review, Vol.21, No.1 (Jan.,1931), pp.124-130

Wright, Gain. "The Lesser Antilles in the Age of European Expansion; The Bahamas from Slavery to Servitude 1783-1933." Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol.28,No.4 (Spring, 1998), pp.687-693


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