Bahama Islands

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Bahama Islands, a group of islands forming a part of the British West Indies, lying s. e. of Florida and n. of Cuba and Haiti. Of the whole group, 20 are inhabited, and the largest of these are Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, Little Abaco, New Providence, Harbor Island and Andros Island. They have been formed chiefly of wind-blown coral sand, are now fertile and yield fruits as well as cotton, sisal, maize and timber. Columbus first discovered the islands in 1492, and for a long time they were alternately in the hands of the Spanish and the English.