Bahamas · Bahamas
Nassau
The old pirate republic, now a cruise capital.
- Population
- 296,732 (2022)
- Founded
- 1670
- Woodes Rogers
- 1718
Then
- 1670
English settlers found Charles Town.
- 1695
Rebuilt after a 1684 burning, it is renamed Nassau.
- 1718
Governor Woodes Rogers clears out the pirates.
Now
Cruise ships tie up at Prince George Wharf. New Providence holds about three-quarters of the country's people.