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1127:The Bahamas
826:the Bahamas
786:the Bahamas
744:17 February
728:West Indies
722:Black River
707:12 December
697:Cayo Cocina
653:The Village
643:Baton Rouge
594:25 February
584:St. Vincent
574:20 November
443:Black River
433:The Saintes
413:Frigate Bay
343:Cayo Cocina
333:2nd Grenada
328:1st Grenada
286:West Indies
216:202 militia
98: /
1590:Categories
1533:Television
1401:(currency)
1336:Parliament
941:References
933:under the
796:Background
749:2nd Nassau
739:1st Nassau
734:15 January
648:1st Mobile
626:Gulf Coast
483:3rd Nassau
448:2nd Nassau
423:Montserrat
393:Fort Royal
363:Guadeloupe
298:1st Nassau
1486:Languages
1466:Education
1422:Transport
1412:Squatting
1311:Judiciary
1296:Elections
1202:Geography
881:Aftermath
818:Pensacola
692:RĂo Hondo
670:St. Louis
658:Pensacola
633:Fort Bute
559:Gibraltar
338:RĂo Hondo
1575:Category
1528:Religion
1481:Holidays
1417:Taxation
1341:Building
1331:Monarchy
1279:Politics
1253:Wildlife
1224:Freeport
1131:articles
552:Plymouth
308:Dominica
303:Barbados
279:American
208:59 ships
203:23 ships
198:Strength
65:Location
60:May 1782
1552:Outline
1461:Culture
1435:Society
1399:Dollar
1377:Economy
1263:mammals
1231:Islands
1187:Slavery
1139:History
875:frigate
854:Jamaica
848:Capture
790:British
770:Spanish
768:when a
609:Minorca
74:Bahamas
1523:Pledge
1506:People
1456:Creole
1446:Anthem
1248:Rivers
1219:Nassau
1214:Cities
1129:
1087:
858:Havana
814:Mobile
788:. The
782:Nassau
717:Roatán
599:Málaga
569:Lisbon
564:Azores
428:Roatán
398:Tobago
205:1,400+
149:
135:
111:Result
70:Nassau
1559:Index
1496:Music
1476:Films
1258:birds
907:Cadiz
870:siege
780:near
604:1 May
152:Spain
1471:Flag
1085:ISBN
917:for
816:and
760:The
241:none
57:Date
1316:Law
1592::
937:.
877:.
865:.
844:.
72:,
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1112:t
1105:v
517:e
510:t
503:v
283::
270:e
263:t
256:v
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