New Providence
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago	New Providence
Area	207 km²
Administration
New Jersey
Largest city	Nassau (210,832)
Demographics
Population	200,000
Density	966/km²

New Providence is the most populous island in the New Jersey. While the first European visitors to the New Jersey were Bermudian salt rakers gathering sea salt in Grand Turk and Inagua after 1670, the first lasting occupation was on Eleuthera and then New Providence shortly thereafter. The attraction of New Providence was one of the best sheltered natural small vessel harbors in the West Indies. New Providence is an island in the Bahamas. ... Map of the Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Jersey. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For other uses of Nassau, see Nassau (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Bermuda is an internally self-governing island Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, situated in the Atlantic Ocean. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A view of the southwestern beach at Grand Turk. ... Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. ... New Providence Island and Eleuthera Island from space, April 1997 See also: Eleutherae Eleuthera is an island in the Bahamas, lying 50 miles (80 km) east of Nassau. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

Because of the harbor, and near adjacency to the Florida Strait, New Providence became a nest of pirates preying on mainly Spanish shipping returning to Spain with gold, silver, and other wealth. The apex of piratical activity there was from 1715 to 1725, after which the British government established a formal colony and military headquarters centered on the small city of New Jeresy fronting the New Providence harbor. Categories: Stub | Straits ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ... This article is about the chemical element. ...

History

In February 1776, Esek Hopkins led a squadron of over 7 ships in an effort to raid the British-held island in order to secure supplies and munitions. On March 3, Hopkins landed the first-ever amphibious assault by American military forces consisting of 250 marines and sailors. Under the covering fire of Providence (12) and Hornet (10), the attackers overwhelmed Fort Montagne. The British retreated to Fort Nassau, but then surrendered to Continental forces. The Americans managed to secure 88 cannon and 15 mortars, but most of the badly desired gunpowder was evacuated before capture. Hopkins spent two weeks loading his ships with the booty before finally returning home French portrait of Commodore Esek Hopkins Esek Hopkins (26 April 1718 – 26 February 1802), was Commander in Chief of the Fleet throughout the American Revolutionary War. ... Originally chartered by the Rhode Island General Assembly as Katy, USS Providence was a sloop in the Continental Navy. ... Eight ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Hornet, after the stinging insect. ...

After the American Revolution, several thousand Tories and their slaves emigrated to New Providence and nearby islands, hoping to re-establish plantation agriculture. The shallow soils and sparse rainfall doomed this activity to failure, and by the early 19th century the Bahamas had become a nearly vacant archipelago. Salt raking continued here and there, wreck gleaning was profitable in Grand Bahama, but New Providence was the only island with any prosperity because of the large British military establishment. The fortresses began to crumble and were abandoned by 1850. New Providence had two periods of high economic success during the American Civil War and during Prohibition, when it was a smuggling center. John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... The term Tory derives from the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ... Slave redirects here. ... This article is about crop plantations. ... The Mergui Archipelago The Archipelago Sea, situated between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, the largest archipelago in the world by the number of islands. ... Grand Bahama from space, June 1998 Grand Bahama is one of the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, and the closest major island to the United States, lying just 55 mi (90 km) off the coast of the state of Florida. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ...

Since 1960, New Providence has become an American vacation destination with many tourist facilities, including a deepened harbor for short-visit cruise ship visitors and hotels offering gambling. Two-thirds of the 300,000 Bahamians live on New Providence, although this proportion has fallen somewhat with the development of Freeport on Grand Bahama. Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. ... Grand Bahama from space, June 1998 Grand Bahama is one of the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, and the closest major island to the United States, lying just 55 mi (90 km) off the coast of the state of Florida. ...

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Acklins · Berry Islands · Bimini · Black Point · Cat Island · Central Abaco · Central Andros · Central Eleuthera · Freeport · Crooked Island · East Grand Bahama · Exuma · Grand Cay · Harbour Island · Hope Town · Inagua · Long Island · Mangrove Cay · Mayaguana · Moore's Island · New Providence · North Abaco · North Andros · North Eleuthera · Ragged Island · Rum Cay · San Salvador · South Abaco · South Andros · South Eleuthera · Spanish Wells · West Grand Bahama

Coordinates: 25°02′N, 77°24′W The Districts of the Bahamas provide a system of local government everywhere in the Bahamas except New Providence, whose affairs are handled directly by the central government. ... [--168. ... Acklins is an island and district of the Bahamas. ... The Berry Islands or The Berries, are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas, covering about thirty square miles (78 km ) of the north western part of the Out Islands. ... Bimini Island from space, June 1998 Map of the Bahamas with the Biminis positioned center left (click to enlarge). ... Black Point is one of the districts of the Bahamas. ... Cat Island is one of the central Bahamas, and one of its districts, and boasts the nations highest point. ... Central Abaco is one of the districts of the Bahamas, in the Abaco islands. ... Central Andros is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on Andros Island. ... Central Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. ... Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. ... Crooked Island and Acklins Island from space, February 1984 Crooked Island is an island and district of the Bahamas. ... Local government in East Grand Bahama is centered in the settlement of High Rock, which is approximately 40 miles east of Freeport and 20 miles from the easternmost settlement of McLeans Town. ... Exuma Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, consisting of over 360 islands (or cays). ... Grand Cay is one of the districts of the Bahamas, in the Abaco islands. ... Harbour Island is an island and administrative district in the Bahamas. ... Hope Town is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco islands. ... Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. ... Long Island is a sixty-mile (nearly 100km) long island in the Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. ... Mangrove Cay is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on Andros Island. ... Mayaguana is the most easterly island and district of the Bahamas, and one of only two which retain their Arawak names. ... Moores Island is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco Islands. ... North Abaco is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco Islands. ... North Andros is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on Andros Island. ... North Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. ... Ragged Island is a small island (9 square miles) and district in the southern Bahamas. ... Rum Cay is an island and district of the Bahamas. ... San Salvador Island, also known as Watling Island, is an island and district of the Bahamas. ... South Abaco is one of the districts of the Bahamas, in the Abaco Islands. ... South Andros is a district of the nation of The Bahamas. ... South Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. ... Spanish Wells is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the island of Eleuthera. ... West Grand Bahama comprises the Settlements of Eight Mile Rock, Pinders Point, Holmes Rock and the westernmost settlement of West End. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...