Bahama Islands - ARTIST SIGNED: Elysee: "Surrey Ride"

Description: Bahama Islands - ARTIST SIGNED: Elysee: "Surrey Ride": The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an island country consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "Bahamas" can refer to either the country or the larger island chain that it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. As stated in the mandate/manifesto of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, the Bahamas territory encompasses 470,000 km2 (180,000 sq. mi) of ocean space. The Bahamas became a British Crown colony in 1718, when the British clamped down on piracy. After the American War of Independence, thousands of American Loyalists, taking their enslaved Africans, moved to the Bahamas, where the Americans set up a plantation economy. After Britain abolished the international slave trade in 1807, the Royal Navy resettled many free Africans liberated from illegal slave ships in the Bahamas during the 19th century. Hundreds of American slaves and Black Seminoles escaped to the islands from Florida, and nearly 500 were freed from American merchant ships in the domestic trade by the Royal Navy. Slavery in the Bahamas was abolished in 1834. Today the descendants of slaves and free Africans form the majority of the population; issues related to the slavery years are part of society. The Bahamas became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1973, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch. This Linen Era postcard, mailed in 1966, is in good condition, but there is a crease to the card's lower right hand corner. Produced by Wasile Enterprise Ltd., Nassau, N.P. Bahamas. In terms of gross domestic product per capita, the Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada). This Linen postcard, mailed in 1966, is of an original oil painting by the artist Elysee. This postcard is in good condition. Wasile Ltd., Nas 94.

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