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The Pirate's Realm

A sixty-square mile island in the middle of the British Bahamas, pirates were said to dream of heaven being in New Providence. The capital of the Bahamas is here at Nassau, the industrial center of the island chain. (continued below)

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A sixty-square mile island in the middle of the British Bahamas, pirates were said to dream of heaven being in New Providence. Abandoned by the British in 1704 after numerous attacks by the Spanish and the French, the port of Nassau was considered an ideal harbor when pirate Henry Jennings arrived sometime after the War of the Spanish Succession ended in 1714.

With a shallow anchorage to prevent the intrusion of warships, close proximity to the major trade routes, and abundant natural resources of food, water, and timber, New Providence quickly grew into a sail-tent city full of the most notorious pirates of the age. Blackbeard, Charles Vane, Jack Rackham, Samuel Bellamy and others had free reign to repair and refit their ships and spend their loot in the capital of the Bahamas. There was no law or authority to stop them....until London found out.

New Governor Woodes Rogers arrived in August 1718 and with the help of the now pirate hunter Benjamin Hornigold quickly began to disassemble the pirate port through pardons, conflict, and the first mass hanging in December of that year. It marked the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of piracy. The pirates that survived fled New Providence to find heaven elsewhere.

Today, Nassau is a popular tourist spot, and businesses throughout New Providence profit from their association with the short time when the island was the virtual capital of the pirate kingdom.

• Under The Black Flag: Captain Woodes Rogers
  20 Aug 2010 at 5:39am
  [45][46] Some of the pardoned pirates on New Providence took boats to join Vane, and Rogers decided to send two ex-pirate captains, Benjamin Hornigold and John Cockram, with a crew to gather intelligence, and, if possible, to bring Vane ...
  
• Spy upon future , probe big online5 pirate island and islet
  27 Aug 2010 at 1:51am
  archipelago north part New Providence (New Provindence) north bank, from when the American Miami city only has 290 kilometres. ?, Cayman Islands (English is) Cayman Islands is composed of Fla. to the south of Miami 3 Caribbean Sea ...
  
• Pathetic Pirates: The Ladies' Man
  24 Jun 2010 at 11:57am
  The Bonnys were in New Providence seeking their fortune (James, who is so much of a cypher that one wonders if he ever really existed, is alternatively called a sailor or a pirate). Rackham and Bonny appear to have been attracted to ...
  
• The history of New Providence
  7 Aug 2010 at 7:04am
  Because New Providence's harbor was close to the Florida Strait, it became a nest for pirates preying on mainly Spanish shipping returning to Spain with gold, silver, and other wealth. The apex of pirate activity there was from 1715 to ...
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  16 Aug 2010 at 3:05am
  Goofs: Anachronisms: When this movie takes place, Nassau Port was known as New Providence. Its name was changed later on.See ». Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is a post from: All Movies Online.
  

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